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For a stretch of time, the biggest movie star in the world.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

The position-player group has been hit the hardest down the stretch.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

Equities for now are facing a stretch with no earnings, a seasonally weak month of September and a summer pullback that has set a “higher bar to re-engage,” they say.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026

For one strange stretch this summer, the clearer answer came from the drive-thru.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

Long shadows stretch over the walls, bathing the basement in darkness.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

Some stretches of DNA created much stronger contacts than others, producing distinct hotspots where two helices were especially likely to line up.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026

In some frontline Ukrainian cities, nets are hung high and wide across long stretches of road, forming corridors like spiders' webs to thwart aerial attacks.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

“But Canadians have faced difficult stretches before, and what has carried us through has never ever been any one measure. It’s always been Canadians looking out for each other.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Milwaukee’s festival calendar stretches well beyond these two, so if your visit overlaps with one, it’s worth checking the city’s full schedule before you arrive.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026

Jonathan did some leg stretches to keep limber and then glanced down the trail again.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret

The positions of the full-backs help by enticing narrow opponents to be stretched wider.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

Flying several kilometres in the air and close to the speed of a commercial plane, Moscow's new long-range jet-powered drones are causing havoc for Kyiv's stretched air defences.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

Instead, the genetic record points to a gradual decline that stretched from the early Pleistocene into the late Pleistocene.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026

Positioning is, however, the one factor that is supportive of rates, as it is at stretched levels, according to Jefferies’ indicators.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

He was off a little to one side, stretched out on the cold ground.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

This nightly routine is a show in and of itself, with acrobats stretching, tumbling and throwing one another in the air.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

Over seven decades, the American discount chain built a 21,000-store juggernaut on a simple formula: Go where Walmart won’t, keep stores bare-bones and sell cheap staples to people stretching their paychecks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Birds are a highly specialized branch of the dinosaur family tree, with a history stretching deep into the Mesozoic Era.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026

Thousands of troops, including the 82nd Airborne Division, were sent to the Middle East more than six months ago for a deployment that is now stretching into 2027 with no obvious end in sight.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

The colorful panes depict a much more muscular Tano doing regular things like eating dinner, taking a walk, and stretching.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer