elongate
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Raducanu was now able to elongate the rallies - which always felt like it would be the key to her success - as Vekic's level dropped.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026
“If Intel’s view of CPU-to-GPU reaching parity with agents proves right, we think that can help elongate the memory cycle,” Sankar said.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 28, 2026
When stretched, solids elongate until they reach a critical stress point, then break suddenly in a process known as brittle fracture.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 30, 2026
Time indoors looking at screens can cause eyeballs to elongate, leaving kids nearsighted for life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 2025
They elongate their wings, hiss and hiccup, then fly toward me.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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In males, it grows from a small cluster of cells into a little white pimple that elongates between the eyes.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2025
Near-sightedness, formally known as myopia, occurs when the eye elongates, causing light to focus in front of the retina instead of directly on it, producing blurry vision.
From Salon ● Mar. 27, 2025
The exquisite chamber-soul arrangement thrums inexorably yet with zero hurry; the vocal precisely elongates each phrase just a tick or two beyond where you expect.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2025
He elongates a tune into a precise tonal reckoning — no mishaps or blips on the cosmic screen.
From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2024
As William hears this news, his back straightens, his neck elongates, and his whole body seems to expand.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
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Up close, its elongated head, skeletal body and glistening double set of jaws reveal just how much unsettling detail goes into a creature often glimpsed onscreen in darkness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Now Nasa is working around that problem using the X-59's elongated snout to flatten supersonic booms into tolerable bumps in the background.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
It could easily be an elongated version of one of her later pumpkins, rendered both in two dimensions and as sculptures, whose vibrant flesh and spotted surfaces have charmed so many.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Soon afterward, Doppler weather radar at Newark Airport briefly detected an elongated cloud of falling pebbles extending from Staten Island into New Jersey.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
They stood in rows which elongated and revealed new actants in military geometry as we passed them.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
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“The drivers of HDD demand are broadening, visibility is elongating, pricing is strengthening, and our new bull cases are coming closer into play,” Woodring wrote.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
Traditionally, skiers negotiate the steepest terrain of a course by feathering their skis at a slight diagonal and elongating their stride to help them conserve energy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026
At the BJK Cup in Malaga, Raducanu spoke about tweaking her service motion and elongating the takeback in a search for extra power.
From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2025
“Proud,” Kamala Harris said, elongating the word and stretching its vowels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2024
He began to change, his nose elongating into a snout, his skin becoming sleek and gray.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
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