stretch
Example Sentences
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“Conditions are unsafe, and first responders are already stretched thin,” Caltrans said in an alert Monday.
From Los Angeles Times
“At a time when families are working exceptionally hard to stretch every grocery dollar, those tests raised concerns.”
From Los Angeles Times
With her windswept head stretched far out the car window, she seemed a canine Gen. Patton scanning the horizon in the race to Messina.
In the past, similarly low readings — which suggest investors aren’t all that worried about a bond-market selloff — have preceded stretches of strong equity returns.
From MarketWatch
Barron’s argued last week that the most likely outcome is that the stock’s gains fade as timelines for fusion technology get stretched out, costs rise, profits prove elusive, and capital gets harder to raise.
From Barron's
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