stretch
Example Sentences
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Fast-moving fires race through the Pacific Palisades neighborhood and others in the Los Angeles area and stretch the region’s firefighting resources to its limits.
We wanted pasta that stretched and sighed, casseroles that arrived bubbling and bronzed, soups that tasted like something rescued from memory and improved by adulthood.
From Salon
When asked about his hair, which peeks out from underneath a black beret-style hat, a wide grin stretches across his face.
From Los Angeles Times
New England should bounce back after losing down the stretch to Buffalo.
From Los Angeles Times
Others will have to make the mark, until then, if USC hopes to survive that stretch short-handed.
From Los Angeles Times
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