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stretch

[strech] / strɛtʃ /




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After a frustrating stretch with the Chicago Sky, the former LSU star and Caitlin Clark rival was shipped to Atlanta.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

With producer Andrew Watt, he’s finally in the home stretch.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Rather than sleeping through one long stretch each night, mice typically sleep in brief episodes lasting only several minutes, scattered throughout the day and night.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

Then, for a miserable stretch, several Red Line stations I frequented seemed to stop recognizing it.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

I sit up taller and stretch my arms above my head.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

The general idea is that going long stretches without eating depletes the body’s stored sugar, or glycogen, so it burns stored fat for energy.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Zacharia spoke haltingly, read off notes for long stretches, took just three questions, and at one point said “my president” when she meant “my husband.”

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

By late winter 2026 in the Southern Hemisphere, large stretches of the region's arid shrubland were covered in flowers.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

Even—or perhaps especially—in his anguish, he never lets us in, as if his protectiveness toward Cora stretches to his audience.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Joey Guerrero thought her life in the United States would only last a short while, but each week stretches into the next and she still isn’t cured.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Positioning is “considerably less stretched than it was in the summer,” as Kirsche points out.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

According to this interpretation, the original rock body was stretched and separated by tectonic forces.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

An increasing number of people are missing credit card repayments as finances are stretched by rising bills.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

As the production of seafood has become more globalized, its supply chains have stretched longer, making it tougher for consumers and grocers to know whether it was harvested sustainably or legally.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Greg stretched gracefully over the ravine, heading back into Fernlight.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

They are borrowing more to finance vehicles and stretching their terms to keep payments manageable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

They then used 24 estimates of the world population stretching across the past 2,000 years to show that human numbers have in fact continually outpaced expectations.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

An installment sale or promissory note could certainly make that happen, but I’d be wary of stretching payments out that far just to protect Son #2 in case of divorce.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026

Raman and Bass were once political allies, campaigning together in 2024 as Raman faced a tough reelection fight in a district stretching from Silver Lake to the San Fernando Valley.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

The entry path ended at a massive column stretching from the ground and into the clouds.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton


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