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The drawings sketched for Attenborough's 99th birthday last year spanned across eight A3 sheets of paper and took Max four days to complete.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

Her career has spanned more than seven decades, with an early focus on rejecting white feminism and reclaiming the Black female body.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026

The transactions External link spanned four days through April 20 External link.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

Authorities say the fraud spanned from 2015 to 2025 in three small communities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

After a long walk and several Y-shaped tunnel splits, the pigeon led us to a disused section of track where the ties had warped and rotted and pools of stagnant water spanned the floor.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs