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An expanse of US maritime territory near American Samoa in the South Pacific could be auctioned as soon as November, according to official documents.

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026

Savannah looked out the airplane window as she passed over the desert expanse, where she feared her mother had been abandoned without ceremony or her family’s prayers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 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

Julia Dawber's home overlooks an expanse of scenic coastline, and she says as many as nine campervans can park up near the shore at any one time.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026

He could close his eyes and picture the vast expanse of the desk, almost completely empty.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

"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

Once master of vast expanses of northern, central and western Africa, France has played a crucial role in the continent's post‑colonial history, repeatedly intervening militarily since the early 1960s.

From Barron's ● May 10, 2026

But its endless expanses have been swept by panic since an outbreak of highly contagious foot-and-mouth disease, which was declared a national disaster in February.

From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026

With it, Ellington didn’t just adjust to a technological innovation; he embraced it as a fresh canvas, stretching his musical imagination across unprecedented expanses of time and sound.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026

I'm accustomed to the wide-open expanses of Acidalia Planitia, my former prairie home.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir