sprawl

Rules required minimum lot sizes of 5,750 square feet for single-family homes, and strict single-family zoning ordinances were criticized for creating sprawl.

From Barron's ● May 31, 2026

“There will be agent sprawl in the short-term,” Narayan said, “and we’re actually OK with that because of the opportunity that AI presents.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

The city sprawl quickly gave way to stone-walled fields full of dazzling yellow rape and spring-green grass dotted with sheep and frolicking lambs.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026

De Zylva argues this misunderstands the point: "The purpose of the green belt isn't to be green per se, it is to be a buffer to prevent sprawl."

From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026

Crawling under it to sprawl beside me, he said, “We ’ave rare good luck, young bahss.

From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor

But when you walk up on his roof, a scenic view of his home city sprawls beneath Todd.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026

The property, which was built in the 1930s, sprawls across 11,565 square feet and hit the market on April 6.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 17, 2026

The city of Los Angeles sprawls across roughly 500 square miles, creating logistical hurdles if nothing else for a candidate seeking citywide office from a remote location, noted Democratic political consultant Mike Trujillo.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026

The megastore sprawls across 150,000 square feet—triple the size of a typical store.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 14, 2026

The school sprawls atop Serra’s eastern cliffs like a colossal vulture, a jumble of austere buildings enclosed by a black granite wall.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

Meanwhile, at a sports hall in Las Rozas de Madrid just outside the capital, the displaced sprawled on camp beds, held their heads in their hands and comforted pets as they awaited news.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

Blue skies extended to the horizon, and a small colony of tents, camper vans and motorhomes sprawled out across the lush alfalfa fields.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

They spent hours sprawled on the deck, broiling under the daytime sun, then chilled at night, the fishermen said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026

Size was also a theme of the event itself, which sprawled across two exhibition centers, including a monumental new complex designed by architect Zaha Hadid.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

And so it was that a particularly blustery afternoon at the end of March found Ophie sprawled in front of the fire, a True Romances magazine spread before her.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland

The Clooneys purchased the sprawling $8.3 million farmhouse in France in 2021.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026

Its 2,600 Los Angeles employees have access to a free commissary and an endless supply of cereal, packaged snacks and other prepared fare at small food stations scattered throughout the sprawling campus on Olympic Boulevard.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

Several other consumer goods titans have pared back on sprawling portfolios as of late as they try to focus on their best-performing brands.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

The merger would put a sprawling roster of assets under the control of a single company.

From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026

Izio would come to me at the windowsill, sprawling in a chair or hands behind his head on the rug.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron