Elect
Elect verb - To decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities.
Long
Both words in one sentence
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The High Elves also elect their Phoenix Kings in a similar fashion, and it's been a long time since they elected the son of the previous Phoenix King.
Source: Tabletop Game / Warhammer -
Folks said that the long-haired hippie-types who formed the "Freak Power" movement to elect Thompson would win when pigs flew, or some such.
Source: Cue the Flying Pigs - Any sane town would have kicked him out (and jailed him) long ago, but the people of Springfield somehow re-elect him every term.
Source: Screw the Rules, I Make Them!
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