stretched
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One way to picture this is to imagine two tiny charged particles connected by a tightly stretched string.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
Nasa is flying the X-59 in conjunction with community surveys to assess what people think when a supersonic boom is bent by the planes stretched nose and hushed up.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
To make matters worse in Europe, recent high temperatures have stretched the continent’s period of peak demand for summer air travel, creating a late-season bump in demand for jet fuel.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
Drone attacks also shut down Saudi Arabia’s bypass pipeline earlier this month, forcing more crude through the Strait of Hormuz and onto a tanker fleet already stretched thin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
In the light of the street lamps, the sick-call line stretched to the edge of the building and out of sight around the corner.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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