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Fifa was able to elongate a matchday at either end, with games scheduled over a 14-hour period so it could stay true to exclusive time windows for television coverage.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

In his view, price resets don’t indicate the end of the cycle, but rather a necessity to elongate the boom.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026

Language’s capacity to elongate the self in time burdened us with anxiety and regret.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026

“I wish that these big organizations were looking into these things differently, because you could elongate careers and elongate lives,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2025

They seemed able to elongate as much as they wanted.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

In males, it grows from a small cluster of cells into a little white pimple that elongates between the eyes.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2025

Near-sightedness, formally known as myopia, occurs when the eye elongates, causing light to focus in front of the retina instead of directly on it, producing blurry vision.

From Salon ● Mar. 27, 2025

The exquisite chamber-soul arrangement thrums inexorably yet with zero hurry; the vocal precisely elongates each phrase just a tick or two beyond where you expect.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2025

He elongates a tune into a precise tonal reckoning — no mishaps or blips on the cosmic screen.

From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2024

And someone’s mouth elongates heavy, silent words through the barrier of glass.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

And AI is forcing us all to ponder: What are we supposed to do with our elongated lives if technology wipes out the jobs that once gave us purpose?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

As a result, the resonance acts like an escape route from the main asteroid belt, pushing objects into elongated orbits that cross the paths of planets.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026

So if you want a window moved or the bathroom expanded or the roof over the porch elongated, that change order would cost you about $2,000, on average.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026

“While obviously semis have run up substantially, we believe that this will be an elongated cycle and many areas are just getting started,” says Christopher Shaffer, managing partner at Talaria Capital Management.

From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026

Wart-face grinned, snorting the fireball up two elongated nostrils.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

“The drivers of HDD demand are broadening, visibility is elongating, pricing is strengthening, and our new bull cases are coming closer into play,” Woodring wrote.

From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026

Traditionally, skiers negotiate the steepest terrain of a course by feathering their skis at a slight diagonal and elongating their stride to help them conserve energy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026

At the BJK Cup in Malaga, Raducanu spoke about tweaking her service motion and elongating the takeback in a search for extra power.

From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2025

“Proud,” Kamala Harris said, elongating the word and stretching its vowels.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2024

He began to change, his nose elongating into a snout, his skin becoming sleek and gray.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan