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First, there was Relax Row, and this week it announced plans to add a row of Economy Plus seats with more elbow room on 50 new Airbus A321XLR planes.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

The shift will likely provide some extra elbow room in the carpool lanes and possibly inspire more drivers to carpool once again, experts say.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 1, 2025

Yeah, you don’t have a lot of elbow room.

From Slate Dec. 10, 2023

But conventional accelerators require plenty of elbow room -- kilometers -- making them expensive and limiting their presence to a handful of national labs and universities.

From Science Daily Nov. 27, 2023

Despite the lack of elbow room, they were busy tossing torn bits of paper over the side, creating a steady rain of confetti onto the "greatest and most significant" parade in New York City's history.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple




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