stretched
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The coronagraph woke up on Sept. 1 and stretched its digital, electronic, and mechanical "limbs" mid-month.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
Customs delays and U.S. border difficulties, plus the Iran war and demand related to artificial-intelligence infrastructure build-outs, were all reported to have added strain on already stretched supply chains, S&P Global said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
For many of those the BBC spoke to in Redditch, the concern was not just about a £5-a-month increase, but what it means when colder weather arrives and household budgets are already stretched.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
“Students who connect with a counselor early are far more likely to finish, and our counselors are stretched too thin to reach everyone who needs them,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
He just stretched his neck and down it went.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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