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“What we do for fun in Tecopa is like, watch the sky. That’s our entertainment, you know?” she says, reflecting on the long moments of silence that stretch out over the evenings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

Another factor was a more than doubling in capital expenditures to $5.8 billion during the three-month stretch compared with the year-ago period.

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026

“We cut back on spending on nonessentials like dining out or impulse buys,” she said, because buying the house was a stretch for their budget at that time.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026

Homes were demolished, chapels flattened and communities displaced in Port Talbot when Wales' first stretch of motorway was built at a cost of more than £5m.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

“I can stretch my legs, see? And we have some wool.…”

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

During its finer, sharper stretches, this is a caustic caper filled with wit and grit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Lloyd's history as a City institution stretches back well over 300 years, with its first recorded mention appearing in 1688.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

For decades, so much water has been taken that the river seldom meets the sea in Mexico, and its delta, once filled with lush wetlands and forests, has shriveled to stretches of dry riverbed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

We now deal with wildfire smoke every year, in a “season” that stretches longer and longer each year thanks to warmer and drier conditions.

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026

As if that’s not weird enough, each one of the cows is wearing armor— sparkling, golden-plated armor that wraps around their head, stretches down their back, and partially down their legs.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

Spain’s firefighting resources are already stretched to the limit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

In the letter, he said businesses were "stretched to their limits, absorbing the costs of repairs, increased security, and the emotional toll of constant disruption".

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

He’d had a great day until he tried to reenter the park and instead waited four hours at the Tioga Pass in a line that stretched for miles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

Authorities have said easing restrictions on refugees is difficult because Bangladesh's resources are already stretched.

From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026

We laid my blanket on the ground, stretched out side by side, and pulled hers over us.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Further down the field Denmark's Mads Pedersen of Lidl-Trek remains it the green points jersey after stretching his lead over Belgium's Jasper Philipsen.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

Around the village is the vast Kazakh steppe, stretching seemingly endlessly into a horizon broken only by the solitary tower of a cement plant.

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026

Firetruck costs have more than doubled over the past decade and production delays have lengthened, with delivery times now stretching up to five years, Warren and Banks say in a statement accompanying the resolution.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

He has now made six consecutive scores over 50, stretching back to the start of the series in Sri Lanka in January, becoming the first England batter to achieve that feat.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

Mouth closed, stretching her neck high, she keeps the choking water out.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes