sprawl

There’s an inventiveness here that comes from the sprawl of the city — artists like myself who are constantly improvising, building their own ecosystems because nothing is handed to them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

But beneath the sprawl, the movie is essentially a two-man character study.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

He used it here to give balance and focus to the home’s 110-foot-long facade, and to control its horizontal sprawl.

From The Wall Street Journal ● 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

As Isa recorded her fourth take, she watched Jessie prop two pillows against the wall and sprawl against them with her National Geographic magazine.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser

The luxe dwelling, which was built in 1950, is situated on a 1.5-acre lot mere feet from the beach and sprawls across 2,278 square feet.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026

But the idea behind it sprawls for miles and keeps Bowen talking for hours on end: Route 66.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026

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

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

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

Size was also a theme of the event itself, which sprawled across two exhibition centers, including a monumental new complex designed by architect Zaha Hadid.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 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

I was an angsty 14-year-old, sprawled on the white shag carpet of my parents’ Upper East Side apartment, mesmerized by a photo taken by Horst Fass in a place called Vietnam.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026

Above that sprawled a medieval-looking city of church spires, domes, and tightly wedged buildings, all made of the same golden stone.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

She revealed that the country star gave her the keys to their sprawling Franklin, Tenn., property because he knows “how special it is” to her.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

Clashes broke out on Thursday in Soweto, a sprawling township outside Johannesburg, the country's largest city, and Durban, a major port on the east coast.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Those words capture a central tension in the sprawling show, which occupies interconnected galleries at the far end of the museum’s Resnick Pavilion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

They erected sprawling campuses and upscale strip malls—and even helped turn a moribund river into an Olympic water-sports venue.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

That was what made Marlene suddenly whirl ’round to face him, sending Karli sprawling into the snow.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo