stretched
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Often the "policies" are suspiciously cheap, but many young drivers stretched by cost of living pressures are lured in, it added.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
Another exhibit standout is a wall that maps L.A.’s bygone punk clubs like the Starwood, the Masque, Club Lingerie and Madame Wong’s, which stretched from Hollywood to Beverly Hills to East L.A. and Chinatown.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
The Tethys Ocean once stretched across a vast area of the planet before gradually disappearing during the Meso-Cenozoic period, which covers the last 250 million years.
From Science Daily • May 18, 2026
Rows of green tobacco plants stretched towards the bush in a vast field of a crop that has rebounded to record levels in Zimbabwe, driven largely by smallholders contracted to Chinese firms.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
“So, you see—you do see, don’t you? It was just me doing all this by myself!” exclaimed the fox, with her arms stretched out wide.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
