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Fin Colleton spent the early days of the pandemic like many: alone in an empty house, isolated from anyone for months at a stretch.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

Today he’s headed toward the longest continuous bike lane in Southern California — a stretch of Reseda Boulevard.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

The coming weeks are shaping up to be a critical stretch for the $30 trillion Treasury market, widely considered the bedrock of the global financial system.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026

It would be a stretch to say that Gillian Welch saw all this coming.

From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2026

My face puffed up, making my skin stretch and tighten.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

He added there were reports of "pockets of deliberate fire setting" which put the crews "under really critical conditions and stretches the service".

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

Aedes albopictus, a much more recent arrival, now has a range that stretches well into New England and the lower Great Lakes and has even been found to overwinter in the Midwest.

From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026

Busby entrusted Mr. Mindte with 60 hours of cassette tapes of autobiographical ramblings, which enliven a narrative that gets dry in stretches.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

And to be sure, “The Samurai and the Prisoner” can be a bit languid as its stretches to nearly two-and-a-half hours.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

Parents passed family land to their kids, and whole stretches just belonged to the Nation.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Their stretched proportions reminded the scientists of Luffy's rubber body, which allows the fictional character to freely extend and enlarge his limbs.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026

Ferguson declared a state of emergency on August 1, citing drought conditions that have stretched four consecutive years, unusually high temperatures and high winds exacerbating record-setting wildfires.

From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026

Other positives for stocks include strong second-quarter earnings, as well as attractive equity valuations beyond the U.S., where they are the most stretched.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026

A spare bedroom acts as a medical supply cupboard, outside is a bed under a red stretched tarpaulin.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

But when Duane stretched himself on his back to warm his tummy in the summer sun at just the right angle, his eyes caught sight of something curious off the coast.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

Freedman says the fans of his teams want affordability too, but he cautioned against stretching the comparison too far.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

Berlin Police have said people were hit on Ahornsteig, which is a long path stretching across the park, largely in a forested area.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026

STMicroelectronics is a key supplier to SpaceX under a partnership stretching more than 10 years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

Developers are also watching for any progress on a new science research campus in Manhattan’s Kips Bay neighborhood and the revamped boulevard stretching along Fifth Avenue from Bryant Park to Central Park.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

“Yeah,” says Jonah, stretching his neck out to talk to me around Dad.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam