sprawling

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A favorite among the French but still under the radar for many Americans, the Carnavalet is located in a sprawling complex of historical buildings in the Right Bank’s Marais district.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

Among them are Tehran's Marble Palace, the Teymourtash house and the sprawling Saadabad Palace complex in northern Tehran, a former royal residence set within a vast park and home to several museums.

From Barron's • May 10, 2026

The sprawling, nearly six-week-long spectacle kicks off at Mexico City's iconic Estadio Azteca on June 11 before culminating in the final at New Jersey's 82,500-seat MetLife Stadium on July 19.

From Barron's • May 10, 2026

White House officials said they had heard about the issue from several of Murdoch’s lieutenants across his sprawling empire.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

In the space of ten years, new railroad lines were laid, track by track, four thousand miles, sprawling east, west, south, and north from the central terminus: Chicago.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield