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spanned

VERB

stretch over

Synonyms

STRONGEST

connect cover cross extend traverse

STRONG

arch bridge ford link range reach vault

WEAK

go across pass over

Antonyms

STRONG

disconnect unlink

WEAK

compress concentrate condense shorten

Example Sentences

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If he acted too much like royalty, he’d get spanked by his peers and excoriated by anti-Federalist newspapers.

From Slate • Feb. 16, 2026

Bournemouth have lost their past two games - albeit both of them were away - but they got absolutely spanked by Aston Villa last time out which surprised me.

From BBC • Nov. 20, 2025

Antonio Rudiger put Chelsea ahead with an outrageous 35-yard blooter, but Vitaly Janelt spanked a fine equaliser within two minutes.

From The Guardian • Apr. 2, 2022

But then again, I bet there are 15-or-so FCS teams that would have spanked Utah State on Saturday.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 9, 2021

Samuel Hamilton delivered all his own children and tied the cords neatly, spanked the bottoms and cleaned up the mess.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck