stretching

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The Central Valley Project includes 20 dams and about 500 miles of aqueducts and canals, stretching from the Redding area to near Bakersfield.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

The Labor Department estimates employment in oil-and-gas extraction is near its lowest levels in records stretching back to 1972.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

They are announced one by one, starting from the bottom of the scoreboard -- thereby stretching out the suspense until the very end.

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

Motherwell were fighting back, knocking the ball around, playing their incisive passes, stretching Celtic, threatening their lead.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

We can look out at the sea and watch the ships and ferries coming in and out of the port and gaze at the sailors stretching their legs as they walk on land again.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar