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“The first EP was this whole story of giving birth to yourself, this giant stretched-out muse,” Isella said, leaning into a stem-winder about the genesis of art.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2025

The new image shows that the cocoon is stretched-out, which surprised scientists, who expected a different shape based on previous observations and computer models.

From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2024

Then, big global winds in the lower few miles of the atmosphere accelerate those amped-up, stretched-out, water-rich versions of normal storms.

From National Geographic • Jan. 25, 2024

The risk of such consistently stretched-out timelines is that Metro won’t deliver the bus service it promises or achieve the bus electrification goals it set for itself.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 18, 2023

A tattoo I had never noticed before peeked from the now stretched-out neckline.

From "Ghost" by Jason Reynolds




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