sprawl
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Activists across the U.S. are coalescing around concerns about AI-related job losses, data-center sprawl and AI-fueled cyberattacks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Not that Oswalt always has time to sprawl out with a novel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
In Lima's suburb of San Juan de Lurigancho, dusty hilltop neighbourhoods sprawl precariously down the slopes.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
Rules required minimum lot sizes of 5,750 square feet for single-family homes, and strict single-family zoning ordinances were criticized for creating sprawl.
From Barron's ● May 31, 2026
They stand inside the bed, and we sprawl back in them as in a theatre box.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
It sprawls across 10,010 square feet and is the epitome of luxury thanks to its lush greenery, which makes it the perfect place for a star to seek privacy.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 23, 2026
The city of Los Angeles sprawls across roughly 500 square miles, creating logistical hurdles if nothing else for a candidate seeking citywide office from a remote location, noted Democratic political consultant Mike Trujillo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026
The megastore sprawls across 150,000 square feet—triple the size of a typical store.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 14, 2026
L.A., though, has relatively moderate density that sprawls somewhat consistently across hundreds of miles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2025
He would totally freak, and I’m enjoying this strangely relaxed version of my father who sprawls on the couch and adores McDonald’s.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
Meanwhile, at a sports hall in Las Rozas de Madrid just outside the capital, the displaced sprawled on camp beds, held their heads in their hands and comforted pets as they awaited news.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
Someone sprawled on the couch reading a book.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
Blue skies extended to the horizon, and a small colony of tents, camper vans and motorhomes sprawled out across the lush alfalfa fields.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
Behind the Peace River plant, sprawled out across a massive lawn, and behind a chain-link fence, were the ruins of a processing infrastructure.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026
The Tillermans lay sprawled around with the creek at their feet and the slight hillside behind them.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
At Mitsuwa Marketplace, the sprawling Japanese supermarket outside Chicago, Pastry House Hippo sells a frankfurter inside a beautiful yeasty shell, striped with ketchup.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026
Travis Kelce forked over $5.35 million for a sprawling lakefront Ohio estate just months before he and Taylor Swift said “I do” at New York City’s iconic Madison Square Garden.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 7, 2026
East Williamsburg is a sprawling obstacle course of shops and bars, all catering to the younger new residents who have moved to New York City in order to work hard and play harder.
From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026
The yellow No. 2 Ticonderoga pencil was made in a sprawling factory downtown.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
The Mercedes came to a roundabout with a fountain at the center, swept around it, and continued up toward a fantastic sprawling house.
From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz
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