In his later years, Mikan was involved in a long-standing legal battle against the NBA, fighting to increase the meager pensions for players who had retired before the league became lucrative.

Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk appealed for foreign weapons supplies to help end the long-standing battle between government forces and Khmer Rouge guerrillas.

"There's been a long-standing battle here between the union and the Mayor," said Police Chief Haurilak.

In more recent times, such conflicts have resulted in long-standing legal battles.

The debate over whether to move to annual sessions is a long-standing battle in Oregon politics, but the voters have resisted the move from citizen legislators to professional lawmakers.

You're just hearing part of a long-standing and ever-continuing battle.

Sullivan, still believing his ailment to be yet another complication from a long-standing battle with ulcers, died five weeks later, on October 13, 1974, at New York's Lenox Hill Hospital.

In the United States, creationists and proponents of evolution are engaged in a long-standing battle over the legal status of creation and evolution in the public school science classroom.

He returned to baseball thereafter, but was plagued by injuries resulting from his long-standing battle with stomach ulcers and further debilitation from a torn rotator cuff.

Darwin waged such a long-standing internal battle over the idea of progress.