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To keep those angles correct on a flat map, Mercator had to stretch the grid lines wider as they moved away from the equator toward the poles.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

Structural warranty providers say the maximum should be 8mm over a three-metre stretch.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

The potential effects on the U.S. economy stretch far beyond the Treasury market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

Travelers to the area are having to find alternate routes as a long stretch of Highway 1 remains closed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

Dad said he thought we’d give Stentor a stretch and run on into Montezuma.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

During their first shore leave after nine months at sea, the sailors spoke about long stretches when they couldn’t speak with family at home and the stress of not knowing when the deployment would end.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

These breaks are a welcome respite from long stretches of sitting and screen-based learning, which is common in some classrooms despite questions about its efficacy.

From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026

The trend stretches back to the global financial crisis.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

Sitting for many shorter periods may not carry the same associations as remaining sedentary for longer, uninterrupted stretches.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026

“Even some you can’t. Far off, into the forest, land stretches for miles.”

From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

So, polar regions are squished, while the bits near the equator are stretched.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

Each switch controlled a different color of light as portions of the fabric were stretched and snapped between configurations.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

As teenagers growing up in the area, they climbed the staircase barefoot, sprinted the hill overlooking the Pacific and stretched their limbs on the shoreline.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

The disadvantages of Broadcom’s AI-chip strategy are also coming into sharper focus as the financial capacity of the healthiest tech companies gets stretched.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

Sadako stretched out on the bed and closed her eyes.

From "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" by Eleanor Coerr

A global bond market rout stretching from the U.S. to Japan is making investors skittish, but it doesn’t erase the value of fixed income in a diversified portfolio.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

Only a handful of the more than 1,000 bodies recovered by authorities so far have been identified, stretching Nepal's already limited morgue capacity.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

Shallower lithospheric buoyancy forces appear to play a major role in the more typical stretching of the rift.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026

Aboard The Ghan, stretching from Darwin to Adelaide, Australian game and ingredients are featured in every meal.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026

The view of the sea stretching out below us is incredible.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy