The battle lasted three days. 1, 890 were killed or wounded on both sides with no definitive winner.

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India has blamed Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) for the attacks, which began on 26 November and lasted three days.

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The mourning in Brazil, capped by a state funeral, lasted three days.

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This first Thanksgiving lasted three days.

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By contrast, the campaign for the second round of the presidential election, on September 20th, lasted only three days.

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Arguments lasted for three days.

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The company claims the watch should last seven days on a single charge in typical use, but, in my tests, it lasted between three and four days.

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The siege lasted a total of three days and killed over 160 people.

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The average length of work stoppages beginning in 2002 was 21 days, and nearly three-fourths of all work stoppages lasted 30 days or less, the BLS say.

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Some of the new compounds lasted over three times as long, up to 73 days.

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After a hacking spree that lasted fifty days and hit a wide range of corporate and government targets, LulzSec claimed to disband three weeks ago.

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