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The failure of an automatic safety system halted all trains on a 63-kilometre stretch of track, but a control centre nonetheless authorised the Renfe service to resume its journey.

From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026

Around Mile 18, the Times reported that Apa had texted her father "Ow" and then a mile later "Ow ow", before sending the message "final stretch" at the 23rd mile, according to the Times.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

She’s opening a long stretch of Rodrigo’s current arena tour, including 10 nights at the Intuit Dome in January, and just signed to Roan producer Dan Nigro’s Interscope imprint.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

That tough summer stretch likely marked the “beginning of the end” for the bull market, but the strategist warned the bear market won’t come due to one event.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

He needs to rest, and the only accommodation we can find for the night is a stretch of green meadow, where the grass fortunately is soft.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

The period after a midterm election has historically been one of the strongest stretches for stock-market returns.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

The enormous state stretches into the Hawaii-Aleutian Time Zone, making it a full five hours behind the East Coast.

From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026

Sea levels also rose and fell, periodically reducing the stretches of water that separated different regions.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

They roam a mine production area that stretches as far as the eye can see—an area of 3,500 soccer fields—with a computer algorithm telling them where to go next to pick up coal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

The clerk stretches her neck to keep an eye on us.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas

Its atmosphere sometimes develops a slightly stretched, oval appearance, and the timing of these changes appears to match the expected position of Siwarha.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

Other notable audience members, including Madonna and Michelle Obama, followed, while actors such as Maya Rudolph, Bowen Yang and Tituss Burgess signed up to don Mary’s ringlet wig as the Broadway run stretched on.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

Paramilitary forces were deployed in industrial suburbs around the Bangladesh capital as protests by garment sector workers demanding a wage hike stretched into their fourth day on Tuesday, defying calls to return to factories.

From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026

Later Greek authors, such as Plutarch, were interested in what happened to Medea after she killed her children, and her significance stretched beyond Greece.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

It swirled around the trees, too, and rose like steam from the glossy mud and clumps of reeds that stretched away on all sides.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda

When muscles experience an injury or mechanical stimulation, such as physical movement or stretching, the protein can be released.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

Japan Airlines and Cathay Pacific recently said that the incident affected 92,000 and 53,000 reservation records, respectively, stretching back to 2023.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

But taken as a whole, this stretch of South Texas, starting at the mouth of the Rio Grande and stretching over a hundred miles along its north bank is just different.

From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2026

This series showed the benefit of the lower order batting time, sticking around for the top-order batters and stretching out an innings.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

And then we were in the country, the flat Dutch farmland stretching to the horizon, ruler-straight canals sweeping past the window.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom