stretched
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They added that at the time of the alert there were 43 fires and 11 major incidents which "stretched resources to the very limit" and required military support.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Or he might be trying to appease Mr. Kim at a moment when U.S. weapons stocks and deployments are stretched.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
The researchers also used Raman spectroscopy, a laser-based method that shows how atoms are being stretched or compressed.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
“Many of them have been stretched into new silhouettes of the Samba, for example, into both ballerinas, into mules, into Mary Janes.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
The opening was only five steps away, maybe six, and Jonah stretched out his legs, sprinting like he’d never sprinted before.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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