stretch
Example Sentences
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The field is increased from 36 teams to 48, the number of matches will rise from 64 to 104 and the competition will stretch over 39 days, against 29 last time.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
Should the disruption to energy production and shipping stretch well into next year, global growth could slide to 2.1% in 2026—the weakest this century outside 2009 and 2020.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
The final stretch of the election became a three-way race among veteran Democratic politician Xavier Becerra, Republican commentator Steve Hilton and billionaire Democratic climate activist Tom Steyer.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
The A.I. use is the one topic for which Pratt sounded humbled in the stretch drive of the campaign.
From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026
By winter’s end, he could spend several weeks at a stretch asleep in his cave.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
Vocabulary lists containing stretch
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act II
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Physical Education - Introductory
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