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Hourslong

Hourslong meaning

Alternative spelling of hours-long (“Lasting for hours.”).

Example sentences (17)

A faculty member was shot to death Monday at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, sparking an hourslong campus lockdown and a search for the suspect.

SAN DIMAS, Calif. (KABC) -- A man was killed in a multi-vehicle crash Thursday morning on the 10 Freeway in San Dimas, prompting the hourslong closure of all eastbound lanes on the interstate.

Unexpectedly heavy snow during afternoon rush hour Wednesday sent dozens of cars spinning out in Portland, Oregon, and caused hourslong traffic jams.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A man who caused evacuations and an hourslong standoff with police on Capitol Hill when he claimed he had a bomb in his pickup truck outside the Library of Congress pleaded guilty on Friday to a charge of threatening to use an explosive.

Five individuals were arrested Saturday night after an hourslong chase that involved the Alameda County Sheriff's Office helicopter tracking a speeding vehicle through the East Bay and back and forth across the Bay.

In March 2005, a nighttime blast at an arms depot in the northwestern provincial town of Battambang triggered an hourslong spray of shells and bullets, killing at least six people and causing panic.

TRENTON, N.J. — A man killed three people in their Philadelphia-area homes Saturday and was later arrested in New Jersey's capital city following a major police response and hourslong standoff, authorities said.

An hourslong standoff between a man and Las Vegas police ended when the man fatally shot himself Saturday evening, authorities said.

A similar mobile clinic in Denver, open to anyone with a doctor’s order, had hourslong delays for testing this week.

The court announced the verdicts after hourslong statements from its judges summarizing the case and the arguments of the prosecution and defense teams.

They were both soccer fans, and they had taken a break from their work in Leticia, near the Peruvian border, to make the hourslong journey to the capital so they could watch the most exciting team in the most exciting league in the world.

A week ago, after an hourslong standoff with the police in the Kwai Fong area, antigovernment protesters retreated to a subway station.

No Questions About U.S. Wars in Defense Chief’s Confirmation HearingMark T. Esper spent the hourslong hearing in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee mostly discussing military challenges from Iran, China and Russia.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A man suspected of shooting six police officers during an hourslong standoff that ended when tear gas caused the man to surrender was charged with attempted murder.

PHILADELPHIA — The man accused of barricading himself inside a Philadelphia row house and shooting six police officers in an hourslong standoff has been charged with attempted murder.

He was also charged in 2010 with stealing his grandmother’s car and leading police on an hourslong chase.

The student, 19-year-old James Eric Davis Jr., was found along train tracks north of the campus in Mount Pleasant shortly after midnight Saturday, following an hourslong manhunt.