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Accountants try to match big, lumpy investments with the yearslong income they produce by pretending the spending is stretched out.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Security-screening lines stretched out to terminal sidewalks on several days this week, frustrating passengers, airport managers and airline executives.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

When that happens, smaller moons can be pushed into more stretched out orbits, increasing the chances that they collide with neighboring moons.

From Science Daily • Feb. 27, 2026

Crowds filled the plaza outside the Spring Street courthouse downtown Wednesday, with lines stretched out the door to enter the building, where many had waited for hours just for a glimpse of the CEO.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

The columns of retreating troops stretched out along the roads for miles.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman




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