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stretch

[strech] / strɛtʃ /




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Chesapeake was the primary funder of the first boathouse on a seven-mile stretch of river on the outskirts of downtown, and it supported developing a sports program to foster a rowing-and-paddling community.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

But it certainly adds a fresh twist to a season of fluctuating fortunes at the front, in which the only real constant has been Kimi Antonelli, as the championship heads into its final stretch.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

That set the stage for a strange wild-card game against Philadelphia in which the Eagles built a 51-7 lead and held on despite the Lions scoring 30 points down the stretch.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

The speed limits on the roads between the two cities range from 45 mph to 75 mph depending on the stretch of road.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

I lead us over to a shady patch of grass and extend my right leg to stretch my calf.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

Liz Senator, 28, a civil engineer from Atlanta, sees plenty of negative news and social-media posts about the economy, and some of her friends have struggled with long stretches of unemployment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

At “Life Burns Faster,” a series of two-night engagements that stretches into March next year, they stayed fleshy and ferocious as a band beneath the digital carnage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

The spacecraft also spent several days traveling through Earth's magnetotail, the long extension of Earth's magnetic field that stretches away from the Sun.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026

Two Chinese anti-submarine corvettes have docked at its port for long stretches, although US and Japanese vessels have also made port calls since the base's revamp.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Camille takes her medication, and Andre does a few lackluster stretches.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

The coronagraph woke up on Sept. 1 and stretched its digital, electronic, and mechanical "limbs" mid-month.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

Customs delays and U.S. border difficulties, plus the Iran war and demand related to artificial-intelligence infrastructure build-outs, were all reported to have added strain on already stretched supply chains, S&P Global said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

“Students who connect with a counselor early are far more likely to finish, and our counselors are stretched too thin to reach everyone who needs them,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

That also stretched the PBC’s gold buying streak to 22 months, according to data from the State Administration of Foreign Exchange of China.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

The angel was stretched across the ground at the river’s edge, holding on to something that thrashed in the raging current.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

The JRF urged Somerville not to weaken the goals but to set "stretching, statutory, income-based poverty-reduction targets, with strong accountability measures".

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Gradually a picture of OpenAI agents’ clandestine activities beyond Hugging Face has emerged, stretching back to the fall of 2025, the swarm chasers say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

He also said watching his parents rebuild after fleeing communist Vietnam taught him the value of stretching a dollar.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Osman is well qualified to answer, having enjoyed a distinguished first-team career at Everton stretching between 2003 and 2016.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

He stood up, stretching, and winced; all his muscles ached.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig




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