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  • past tense form of spin.
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span

[span] / spæn /




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Students have taken to the streets in France, Belgium, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Serbia and Albania – a more than 1,000-mile span of the continent.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

The Villa Vie Odyssey's voyage was expected to span 3.5 years and cover nearly 150 countries, according to its website.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

John McKinney, brought in nearly $150,000 in donations and public funding over that same one-month span, bringing his runoff campaign to nearly $670,000.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Six states—Texas, Florida, Oklahoma, Virginia, Missouri and Alabama—account for 70% of the 1,685 executions in that span.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

She shall be yours when her years’ span is full.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Throughout his career, which spanned from the early 1960s to the years right before his death, Skerritt earned more than 170 film credits across television and film, according to his IMDb page.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Nike’s program spanned 12 weeks and featured stars like Kim Kardashian and athletes including Cristiano Ronaldo.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

The residence was designed by architect Kevin Clark and completed in 2011 after a lengthy construction process that spanned seven years.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

Year: 2015 Compiled by: Laura Bennett Of note: Although the numerical scale spanned from 1–10, one particularly ignominious scene earned a score of −1.

From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2026

It was the only bridge that spanned the entire river, one of the last remaining structures from Chattana's wondrous past.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat

Angela Gonzales-Torres, 31, is seizing on Gomez’s issues in the race to represent California’s 34th Congressional District, a Latino-majority territory spanning Koreatown, Boyle Heights, East Los Angeles, Glassell Park and adjacent neighborhoods.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

The company oversees more than $1 billion in blockchain-based funds spanning Treasurys, structured credit and equities, a small but growing slice of its approximately $500 billion in total assets under management.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Using the revised position of ancient Qufu, the researchers obtained improved constraints on Earth's rotation during the period spanning the eighth through sixth centuries BCE.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

Starting in 1990 as a transport company, Ravatomanga's Sodiat Group expanded into a sprawling conglomerate spanning automotive distribution, aviation, private security, media, construction, healthcare, real estate, hospitality, tourism and Madagascar's lucrative vanilla trade.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

The team trotted briskly out of town, across the bridge spanning the river, and on up the road between meadows that seemed to have grown a little brighter since morning.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt


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