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You can soak up Genoa’s distinctive atmosphere at any time, however, by walking through its medieval historic center, marked by narrow streets called caruggi, which can be less than 3 feet wide.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Tonali drops deep and wide for a moment, like a full-back in De Zerbi's system.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
St. Louis renters typically find it easy to transition into homeownership, Helbig said, since the gap between renting and paying a mortgage isn’t that wide.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 22, 2026
Thompson ran the 40 in a blistering 4.26 seconds, tying him for the fastest at the 2026 combine and the third-fastest time by a wide receiver at the combine since 2003.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
My eyes want to pop wide open over the fact that Hot Lifeguard is, I’m pretty sure, asking me out, but I don’t let them.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
The rebuild could reassert the city as a central player in the wider sports scene, Guardabascio said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
To build a more significant supply source, the university is mulling a wider rollout to more sites.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
The paper writes that the outage had "no impact on the UK's wider power supply".
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
Businesses including PricewaterhouseCoopers and law firm Freshfields are bringing in more apprentices, saying it helps them tap a wider pool of candidates who can develop skills over a longer period.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
He said he loved her but felt obligated to keep his parents, and the wider public, in the dark until she was properly educated, and he had returned from the Arctic in triumph.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
It's a gap of 5.8 percentage points this year, down from 6.2 last year and 9.5 in 2017, when it was at its widest this century.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Many of the roads covered by the ban are the widest in the old town and are popular with delivery drivers.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Protecting houses of worship was work I helped begin under New York Mayor Eric Adams, and I understand the nuances of crafting legislation that can win the widest support.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Although NDR’s longer-term growth-versus-value models now favor value by the widest margin in five years, the firm isn’t recommending investors rush into the trade.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
At the first hat shop I went in and bought the widest hat in stock and put it on.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
