Having long harbored academic ambitions, my parents had finally decided to emigrate.

American officials have long harbored similar suspicions of the Dominican political process.

Some of my colleagues have long harbored suspicions about Metcalfe Industries.

City and state officials and urban planners have long harbored grand visions of linking the city's various transportation systems.

Lake Shetek has long harbored a robust population of rough fish, native but economically undesirable.

Meanwhile, Mexico has long harbored suspicions about its neighbor to the north and acted accordingly.

Japanese business leaders and bureaucrats have long harbored a deep mistrust of the financial markets as a home for unproductive speculators or, worse, politicians.

He has long harbored hopes of breaking the grip of the Democratic Party on the loyalty of black voters.

But both he and the majority of the family have long harbored a deep dislike for the way Mr. Murdoch runs his newspapers.

The Americans have been bombing because the province has long harbored Al Qaeda bases.