stretch
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He presided over the program’s best-ever stretch, with a 65% win rate over two decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
A yellow weather warning issued by the Met Office remains in place for a stretch of eastern England until 07:00 BST on Friday.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
The blaze reduced a small stretch of mostly women-owned shops and a beloved restaurant to smoldering ruins.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Their meeting comes as the 27-member European Union braces for tough negotiations to agree a joint budget for the seven-year stretch 2028-34.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
He reveled in the strength of his legs and the stretch of his back; in the suppleness that let him turn at full speed on a single paw.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
From his farm outside Bastrop, Texas, Linklater, 66, recently got on a video call to reflect on the time-consuming yet rewarding project that now stretches back nearly 25 years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Italy’s sixth-largest city, with just under 600,000 inhabitants, Genoa is still a little gritty in stretches.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
The circuit stretches 1.7 miles and features seven turns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
During those house-sitting stretches in the neighborhood, I started feeling, embarrassingly quickly, like something of a local.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
Camille takes her medication, and Andre does a few lackluster stretches.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
If changing climate means that certain foodstuffs can no longer be produced in their traditional localities, then the idea of terroir will be stretched to its limits.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
As the outage stretched into a second week, global food charity World Central Kitchen arrived to help people without access to food.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
The JSerra Girls Flag Football team stretched its season-opening winning streak to eight straight games with a resounding 41-6 triumph over the Edison Chargers in a nonleague battle on Thursday at JSerra Catholic High School.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
This one has stretched its interpretation of existing trade statutes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Caesar is wiry, lean, stretched like barbed wire.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
A big spill would have devastating effects on marine and coastal ecosystems, Rosenstrom said, standing on the cliffs of the island, with the sea stretching out behind her.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
He acknowledged the target was "really stretching" but said nearly 180,000 children were in temporary accommodation and "any smaller target wouldn't be commensurate with the scale of the challenge".
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
Thomas Gernon, Professor of Earth Science at the University of Southampton and lead author of the study, explained that the Grand Canyon preserves a geological history stretching back about two billion years.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
When it comes to fitness and longevity, cardio, strength training and stretching have long gotten the spotlight as the go-to approaches for optimizing our health span and lifespan.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
“I couldn’t have done it without you either. Just do me a favor,” he said, stretching as he yawned.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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