On issue after issue, we face a longer, harder, and more protracted struggle than ever before.

I mean a protracted struggle, clash, fight, opposition between personalities, ideas, and interests.

Then came another lunch, followed by a lunge, a proposition, and a protracted struggle to extricate myself as tactfully as possible.

After a protracted struggle, the government withdrew the tax.

She promotes instead a complete transformation of society and all of its institutions as a result of protracted struggle, envisioning a life-affirming, peaceful tomorrow.