long-hauler
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1VERB + LONG-HAULER
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A truck driver who covers long distances to deliver goods, often being away from home for extended periods of time.
A run-down truck stop on an old tobacco highway. Long-haulers eating breakfasts in corners. A church group in the gift shop.
A COVID-19 patient who is suffering from the symptoms of the disease for a significantly longer period than the average.
The disease’s “long-haulers” have endured relentless waves of debilitating symptoms—and disbelief from doctors and friends. […] Yet support groups on Slack and Facebook host thousands of people like LeClerc, who say they have been wrestling with serious COVID-19 symptoms for at least a month, if not two or three. Some call themselves “long-termers” or “long-haulers.”
Fourteen months later, battling chronic effects of the deadly coronavirus and saddled with permanent viral-induced asthma, she is labeled a long-hauler.
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3A run-down truck stop on an old tobacco highway. Long-haulers eating breakfasts in corners. A church group in the gift shop.
WiktionaryThe disease’s “long-haulers” have endured relentless waves of debilitating symptoms—and disbelief from doctors and friends. […] Yet support groups on Slack and Facebook host thousands of people like L
WiktionaryFourteen months later, battling chronic effects of the deadly coronavirus and saddled with permanent viral-induced asthma, she is labeled a long-hauler.
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