long live

idiom

used to express the wish that someone will live for many years
Long live the Queen!

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The New Haven show dwarfs all the others by having over a dozen bands — six of them in Toad’s Place’s smaller upstairs Lily’s Pad area — as well as an afterparty in Lily’s Pad where the musicians are encouraged to take part in a long live jam that will focus on Metallica songs. Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 5 Jan. 2025 Both Faber’s highlight-reel wraparound and the ensuing celebration will long live in Wild lore, especially if this season turns into a special one. Joe Smith, The Athletic, 28 Dec. 2024 The dark horses are dead, long live the dark horses. The Athletic Uk Staff, The Athletic, 2 July 2024 Just one day after declaring that Brat summer was dead (long live Brat summer), Charli XCX is already teasing something new. Stephen Daw, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2024 Artifact is dead, long live Yahoo’s version of Artifact. Umar Shakir, The Verge, 14 June 2024 Hall and Oates is dead; long live Daryl Hall and John Oates’s solo careers. Justin Curto, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2024 The old SteamOS is dead; long live the new SteamOS! Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 11 Jan. 2024 But in the current presidential election cycle of 2024, the mantra is — long live TV. Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2024

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“Long live.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/long%20live. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.

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