stretched
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The researchers also used Raman spectroscopy, a laser-based method that shows how atoms are being stretched or compressed.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
“Many of them have been stretched into new silhouettes of the Samba, for example, into both ballerinas, into mules, into Mary Janes.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
The timeline for election administrators to think through the issue before November is tight, and it poses challenges for offices that already are stretched thin preparing for other possible election-day scenarios.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
With so many staffers leaving and not being replaced, the remaining providers have often been stretched remarkably thin.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
Clumps of dirt clung to its roots, which stretched twenty feet across and twenty feet high.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
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