rangy
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The slender and rangy left-hander Kemp, almost Ben Stokes-like with a flowing bat swing, hits cleanly straight or, as shown with her two sixes against Scotland, over mid-wicket.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
He came back to the UK partly to study at Exeter University, but an injury to Immanuel Feyi-Waboso has given him a chance to show off his rangy running and hot-stepping ability.
From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2026
Hawke’s rangy crusader happens to be a magnet for that type of trouble.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2025
In particular, the roaming, rangy Iriafen makes a difference.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2025
She was surprised to see a “pale and rangy fellow,” a blan like her, appearing totally at ease in a town where white people were not common.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
Bogaerts seems likely to play shortstop for the Padres, who can move Kim to second and Cronenworth to first to give them one of the rangier infields in baseball.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 8, 2022
A dwarf sport of the larger and rangier ‘Baggesen’s Gold’, ‘Twiggy’ brightens shady parts of the garden, where the foliage will be bright chartreuse.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 16, 2022
Cooper’s role is rangier and harder to corral: Soon-to-Be toggles so fast between nerves and nerve that she starts to seem like a firefly.
From New York Times ● Mar. 10, 2021
But if Reynolds can provide a rangier target, that gives LaFleur, play-caller McVay and, most important, Goff more options.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2017
The two Swifts resembled each other closely—each had deep-set blue eyes and clean-cut features—although Tom was somewhat taller and rangier.
From Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung by Charles Brey
Bol Bol is nearly half a foot shorter than his father was, but, at 7-feet-2-inches tall, he’s still one of the league’s rangiest players.
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2020
At 25, Mr. Westman, a recent graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, is not only the rangiest, but also the youngest of the Hamiltons I have seen.
From New York Times ● Jan. 5, 2018
Lawrence Timmons, SteelersArguably the rangiest inside linebacker in the NFL, Timmons broke out with 135 tackles, 11 passes defenses, three forced fumbles, and three sacks.
From Newsweek ● Jan. 19, 2011
In fact, she describes the song as "vocally the rangiest piece we did; the text is so enigmatic and strange."
From Reuters ● Apr. 16, 2010
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