expanses
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Once master of vast expanses of northern, central and western Africa, France has played a crucial role in the continent's post‑colonial history, repeatedly intervening militarily since the early 1960s.
From Barron's • May 10, 2026
But its endless expanses have been swept by panic since an outbreak of highly contagious foot-and-mouth disease, which was declared a national disaster in February.
From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026
With it, Ellington didn’t just adjust to a technological innovation; he embraced it as a fresh canvas, stretching his musical imagination across unprecedented expanses of time and sound.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
Nowhere does that make more sense than in the frozen expanses of the Arctic.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025
Or consider the grassy balds—treeless, meadowy expanses of mountaintop, up to 250 acres in extent, which are quite unique to the southern Appalachians.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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