stretching

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The contest, in a district stretching from lower Manhattan into brownstone Brooklyn, has featured plenty of bile about Trump, promises of a more affordable city and picayune local disputes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

The model is spread across Otford, near Sevenoaks, with representations of the Sun and planets placed around the parish and stretching into nearby woodland.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

Senate — a pattern stretching back more than half a century.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

Jarkko Kyllonen, an expert on nuclear safety at Finland's nuclear regulator STUK, has assessed risk scenarios for the Onkalo project stretching up to a million years into the future.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

He stood, stretching his long brown arms over the pots.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton