slight stretch

It’s only a slight stretch to say that Wolves could have won all four league games.

It’s only a slight stretch to say the Braves have staked their entire empire on that collection of young pitchers, both the ones who arrived before and during their surprise march to the division title last summer and the ones still on the way.

Cameron Champ: Well, it may be a slight stretch to say his stock is up, since he wasn’t very well known at the start of the year, so let’s just call his fall season one hell of an IPO.

"Ulick Norman Owen! In Miss Brent's letter, though the signature of the surname is a mere scrawl the Christian names are reasonably clear—Una Nancy—in either case you notice, the same initials. Ulick Norman Owen—Una Nancy Owen—each time, that is to say, U. N. Owen. Or by a slight stretch of fancy, UNKNOWN!"

In only a slight stretch, Cuomo is getting it done by declaring the Housing Authority’s conditions to be an imminent disaster on the order of a hurricane or terror attack.