stretch

Example Sentences

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“What I remember is the team that rebounds the best and defends the best down the stretch won both those games,” Close said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

Economically, it’s possible to tell a story of U.S. growth that powers through higher oil prices, but it’s a stretch.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

I am pleased to report that, at least along that stretch of I-95, 350-kW chargers are now widely available and conveniently located, many in Walmart parking lots, where we made a lot of friends.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Microsoft stock looks to be leveling off after a dreadful stretch of trading for the software company.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

It is a ninety-mile-wide stretch of broken country where a forest fire took everything out.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen