This led to a struggle that would last several decades.

What to do about it was the subject of a legal and political battle that lasted decades.

They fought a legal battle for justice that lasted decades.

The fact that there has been a pause in the violence lasting several decades means nothing.

The school lasted several decades, providing an education for the children of Media.

Red Bank had already begun a decline that lasted decades.

"I've seen people whose problems lasted decades," he said, "far longer than anyone would have expected."

Experience shows that this type of paper only lasts several decades.

The agreement lasted decades and was not revised for some time.

They may last for months or even decades at a time, but can empty in the course of hours.