stretched
Example Sentences
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Another exhibit standout is a wall that maps L.A.’s bygone punk clubs like the Starwood, the Masque, Club Lingerie and Madame Wong’s, which stretched from Hollywood to Beverly Hills to East L.A. and Chinatown.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
The Tethys Ocean once stretched across a vast area of the planet before gradually disappearing during the Meso-Cenozoic period, which covers the last 250 million years.
From Science Daily • May 18, 2026
By rolling his defender and facing the opposition's goal when the game becomes stretched, he has added to his arsenal of assists by playing through balls to Erling Haaland running in behind.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
Rows of green tobacco plants stretched towards the bush in a vast field of a crop that has rebounded to record levels in Zimbabwe, driven largely by smallholders contracted to Chinese firms.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
Below it stretched a long slope of snowy boulders, and beyond that, scarcely a pebble’s throw away, and shimmering in its white winter mantle, lay the Forest.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
