stretched
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Caland worked constantly: on stretched canvas, on fabric folded in her lap, on a children’s menu, on the wall of her kitchen, or the sleeve of her smock.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
UBS worries management could be stretched by building and ramping up across two countries—Cambodia and Australia—at the same time, and that consensus expectations are too high.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Although Andy Robertson has played well for Tottenham this season, Udogie's physicality and timing helped him exploit space when the game became stretched.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
The debris pattern stretched across hundreds of pixels and immediately stood out from everything around it.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
Opal stared blankly at the parchment a bit longer, then stretched out and fell asleep in the straw, her arms reaching toward her sleeping baby.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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