stretch
Example Sentences
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They have lost 11 consecutive games, a stunningly dismal stretch that has sent them plummeting to the National League’s worst record.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
The harvest ends in early April now—it used to stretch into June—so the oranges here now would be the very last to ever come off the property.
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026
And who knew the NBA would stretch out this first-round series long enough to give Doncic and Reaves more healing time?
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026
Both are in good jobs, still live at home to avoid high rents, have made sacrifices in their 20s to save money and are still finding it a huge stretch.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
I stretch my hand toward the ground, my fingers extended.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
Vocabulary lists containing stretch
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act II
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Physical Education - Introductory
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