extending

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“The S&P 500 Momentum has a live history back to November 2014, and a ‘backtest’ extending back to 1972.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

Shares slipped 1.3% in after-hours trading Tuesday, extending losses after closing down 5.8% in the regular session.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

The enormous structure appears far more chaotic and turbulent than astronomers expected, with huge wisps of gas and dust extending high above and below the disk.

From Science Daily • May 12, 2026

Anna Macdonald, investment strategy director at Hargreaves Lansdown, said the bond market had been "frazzled" by concerns a different prime minister might take a different view on borrowing, "relaxing fiscal rules or extending them".

From BBC • May 12, 2026

“Here, let me help you,” their mother said, extending her hand to me from above.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall