stretched
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But the remainder feels leftover — formless and aimless — like tinfoil stretched around a clunky, conventional mass.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
Apple’s new foldable iPhone Duo went on sale in stores Friday, but online shipping delays stretched out to January.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
United's defensive resources are stretched thinner as Leny Yoro is ruled out through suspension.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
Wyoming's Sundance Formation, which preserves evidence of an ancient inland sea that once stretched across much of the western United States, has yielded millions of these fossils.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026
Pa stretched and sighed and I could tell he was getting ready to go out and do the milking, so I jumped up first and grabbed a lantern.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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