length
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Salazar’s attorney indicated that length wasn’t especially relevant and shifted the conversation to the business and profit motive of delivering videos, but Barrett was skeptical.
From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2026
The size of the blaze has twice forced officials to close the I-5 highway, an important route that runs the length of the US West Coast.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
So I did, and that ended up being the reason that it’s at such a length.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026
Afterward, each country has its own rules for the length of time residents must wait before becoming eligible for citizenship.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
“In Japan it is not customary for management to own stock,” he said at length.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
To estimate its total length, the researchers compared the fossilized bones with vertebrae from living snakes whose body lengths are known.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
Dolly Parton’s estate has claimed that the late country music icon’s nephew, Bryan Seaver, went to extraordinary lengths to evade being served with a summons—including allegedly draping barbed wire around the entrance to his property.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026
Having bowled 34% of their deliveries full in the first 20 overs, Starc, Hazlewood and Cummins dragged back their lengths.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
The fact that “Lanterns” is a conversation with and about fear — its avoidance and the lengths we go to to negate it — explains the audience’s divided response to the show.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
Carrying three-foot lengths of pipe with leather wrappings.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
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