stretch

After the collapse, Jacks could have swung hard but batted responsibly to stretch out the innings from 211-7 in the 39th over.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

Visitors can still park at the North Beach and South Beach parking lots and walk to that 4.5-mile stretch of sand, much of it at the foot of 300-feet cliffs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

Investors are hoping that a historically bad stretch for the bond market will end at some point.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

A rally in tech stocks led U.S. indexes higher, bringing some relief to investors after a rough stretch marked by inflation worries, an interest-rate hike, and an ongoing conflict in the Middle East.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Several weeks later, while Duane was on a walkabout, he met Sun Girl and the Pack in a stretch of flat, empty land.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

What followed was a nearly yearlong obsession that, for stretches, took over my life.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

Outside Sacramento, Calif., dozens of workers in yellow vests do stretches before going out to lay a continuous, five-mile-long fiber-optic cable under the city.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026

Mount Etna also carries a cultural history that stretches far beyond modern volcanology.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

His ability to attack space stretches the defence, while his movement without the ball creates opportunities for team-mates.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

After most of the snow had melted, there were stretches of mudholes and quivering ground that shook and bounced the sled.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell

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

They are further stretched by those who self-evacuate through having more than one passport, along with the wealth or the social network to start afresh.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

Caland worked constantly: on stretched canvas, on fabric folded in her lap, on a children’s menu, on the wall of her kitchen, or the sleeve of her smock.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

Drone attacks that shut Saudi Arabia’s bypass pipeline earlier this month have forced more crude back through the Strait of Hormuz and onto a tanker fleet already stretched thin.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

By the smell on the wind, Wolf knew this flatness stretched for many lopes into the Dark, and that beyond it lay the Great White Cold.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

U.S. average retail diesel prices hit a record $6.53 a gallon on Tuesday, the latest in a series of all-time highs stretching back more than a week.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

This will become more substantial by Wednesday, stretching across Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales and western areas of England, as high pressure is nudged a bit further east.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

The Marina del Rey library remained busy throughout the afternoon, with a steady line of more than 50 people stretching out the door.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

Over seven decades, the American discount chain built a 21,000-store juggernaut on a simple formula: Go where Walmart won’t, keep stores bare-bones and sell cheap staples to people stretching their paychecks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

The studio was filled with students who were busily putting on their ballet slippers or stretching.

From "The Cinderella Ballet Mystery: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #4" by Carolyn Keene