Extend
Extend verb - To make longer.
Win
Win verb - To achieve victory (as in a contest).
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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In "The Curious Case Of Dean Winchester", a 900-year-old Irish witch uses an enchanted card game to "win years" from his opponents, and used them to extend his own life and that of his wife, who had become tired of living forever and wanted to die after outliving her own daughter.
Source: Life Drinker -
Realizing that by this point women were going to win the right to vote soon, Wilson announced his personal support for an amendment to extend suffrage to both sexes, and worked behind the scenes the get the amendment passed through both Congress and some state legislatures.
Source: Useful Notes / Woodrow Wilson -
Best known for her buzzer-beating halfcourt heave in Game 2 of the 1999 Finals to win the game for New York and extend the series; it was selected the greatest moment in league history during the 15th anniversary season of 2011.
Source: Useful Notes / Basketball
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