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expanse

[ik-spans] / ɪkˈspæns /


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The country has eight patrol ships to protect an expanse of water the size of California.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

This downtrodden expanse of the Antelope Valley unexpectedly achieved a remarkable turnaround last year, reducing by more than half the number of recreational vehicles squatting on its back roads.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

He later planned a counteroffensive that regained a broad expanse of territory in the east.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

“Not everything is a playoff, championship or otherwise high-profile sports event that we will naturally scour the viewing expanse we call television to find,” Corbelli said.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026

There was a great expanse of Russia and Europe, and miles of roiling sea, between her and the place she most longed to be.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

Behind it, a revolving turntable exposed rubble-strewn outdoor expanses and the grim, stony interiors of Macbeth’s castle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Elordi, who hails from Brisbane, is a little more hopeful about the future of the climate in the context of the film - pointing to other parts where you can see lush expanses of greenery.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

Much-needed rain brought some respite Monday to firefighters on their fourth day battling Belgium's worst wildfire in a century, which has scorched vast expanses of nature reserve on the German border.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

"What makes this pattern so fascinating is that evolution keeps arriving at similar cooperative solutions in very different groups and across vast expanses of time," says Dorus.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026

But the sheep were long gone and the tractors had plowed great expanses for wheat and barley.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams




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