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Instead, the brash phenom who once compared himself to Mike Trout spent half a decade toiling in the minors, a difficult stretch filled with disappointment, frustration and a boatload of strikeouts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

They want to keep traveling as long as they are able, and stretch their budgets by finding airfare deals, staying in midrange hotels and using carry-on luggage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

But there are ways to stretch the conversion out over several years to minimize the tax bill, experts told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026

Despite Lauer’s bounce-back start Wednesday, and a consistent run with the Dodgers other than a dud against the Cubs at Wrigley Field last week, Lauer’s future with this team down the stretch isn’t entirely clear.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

She carried him on her great back to the stretch of sandy ground where it was to take place: a place where land met water in beauty and stillness.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

Sure, the production has all the paraphernalia a major pop tour - big sets, plumes of smoke, inspired choreography - but there are long stretches where it's just Grande on stage with her band.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

And dominating the paint for stretches of the game, Hamby had four turnovers, including two in the fourth.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

The findings suggest that long dinosaur trackways can preserve behavioral details that shorter stretches of footprints may fail to reveal.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026

While stocks have generally trended higher across all periods, Kaeppel explained that returns during the unfavorable stretches have been far more volatile and inconsistent than what has been seen during the favorable periods.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026

Joey is only sixteen, but she’s pleased with the life that stretches before her—a road that many women have traveled before.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

“And in this environment, where affordability is stretched so thin to begin with … there’s not a lot of wiggle room,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026

“Recent carrier deployments have repeatedly stretched beyond their original anticipated duration, suggesting that extended deployments may be becoming a feature rather than an exception of the Navy’s force-generation model,” Blumenthal wrote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

With so many staffers leaving and not being replaced, the remaining providers have often been stretched remarkably thin.

From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026

Disputes that should have taken days stretched to months.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

Clumps of dirt clung to its roots, which stretched twenty feet across and twenty feet high.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret

Indonesia and neighbouring countries experience frequent earthquakes due to their location in the Pacific "Ring of Fire" -- an arc of intense seismic activity stretching from Japan through Southeast Asia and across the Pacific basin.

From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026

It also seems stretching to credit Transcendentalism with “the birth of American literature,” especially when Mr. Nichols tells us that neither Melville nor Hawthorne “subscribed to Transcendentalism as a movement.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

“The industry’s main tool for keeping payments manageable as prices rose has been stretching the loan, not lowering the price,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026

The technique makes it possible to analyze genetic information preserved in parchment and could reveal new details about trade, farming, and other aspects of life stretching back roughly 1,300 years.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026

“You know,” Elliot said, standing up and stretching, “if we can get this figured out, we might actually make it as partners.”

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin