long-held

At first I thought this long-held fear had come to pass.

He snapped to action with the power of a long-held spring.

How is one supposed to feel when a long-held, impossible dream comes true?

In what way has this population growth “upended some long-held assumptions,” according to the article?

The first is not to stay loyal to long-held accounts.

But he still has not overcome his long-held fear of flying.

It responds to long-held concerns which many of us have had.

Much of the concern seems to be based on long-held perceptions rather than reality.

Yet you suggest we give up a long-held belief in the freedom of trade.

What I'm about to tell you will go against some of your most long-held traditions and beliefs.

He was eventually able to transform long-held views into the law of the land.

But that recent success and stability seems to support Obama’s long-held strategy for the region.

We cannot ignore the fact that long-held attitudes were in the process of change.

She had also had a long-held interest in environmental issues.

In the series, he is shown to have a long-held rivalry with England.

At a stroke, he turned the long-held traditional airline business model on its head.

That, too, could be heard as an affirmation of the general's long-held view.

A new study, however, says some of these long-held recommendations are nothing more than myths.

But for many others, going back to their roots in retirement is a long-held dream.

A long-held house, for example, could easily exceed the current limits.

A long-held complaint against the area is that it provides neither.

The chances were also less for those laid off from a long-held job (at least five years).

"Energy resources in such close proximity to Japan are a long-held dream."

She says to do so does not mean you can't also believe there are long-held patterns of variability.

The low price reflected the long-held view that it was an early 19th-century fake.