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The acclaimed soprano built an international career spanning four decades, in which she performed at opera houses and concert halls around the world, singing works by composers including Richard Strauss, Schubert and Mozart.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

With a business empire spanning coal, airports, cement and media, the chairman of Adani Group has been rocked in recent years by corporate fraud allegations and a stock crash.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

This is unique public land, Jackson Demonstration State Forest, spanning 50,000 acres.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026

The researchers successfully transmitted the quantum signals across an optical fiber link spanning more than 120 kilometers between the encoder and decoder.

From Science Daily • May 9, 2026

Another scientist calculated that if you could lay all HeLa cells ever grown end-to-end, they’d wrap around the Earth at least three times, spanning more than 350 million feet.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot