expansive

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New dangers have emerged on the battlefield, demonstrated by the downing of two U.S. aircraft Friday, prompting a series of risky rescue missions, including the expansive operation Saturday that retrieved a missing weapons systems officer.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

Omri Ben-Shahar, a law professor at the University of Chicago, said the verdicts reflect an expansive view on tech companies’ liability for their products.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

One major reason for the expansive search is that the shale boom that turned the U.S. into the world’s largest oil producer could be slowing.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

From the expansive photo archives of his living room to a midnight shoot in the industrial heart of Chinatown, Reynaldo Rivera reveals the ghosts of Old Hollywood and the messy humanity captured in his lens.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

I looked out the window at the shady streets, the sprawling houses, and the expansive lawns, which seemed more uniformly green than the lawns on my street.

From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English