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sprawl

[sprawl] / sprɔl /


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But beneath the sprawl, the movie is essentially a two-man character study.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

In a city still struggling with affordability, homelessness, sprawl, and social fragmentation, his work and his spirit are reminders to be more generous.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 18, 2026

As a place that came of age with the automobile, Los Angeles is a sprawl of freeways with a public transport system that would embarrass any medium-sized European city.

From Barron's May 27, 2026

As it gets easier to create artificial-intelligence agents with platforms like Anthropic’s Claude Cowork , some businesses are dealing with ‘AI agent sprawl.’

From The Wall Street Journal May 15, 2026

She accepted a job at the Northrop Corporation, one of many aviation companies tucked into the suburban sprawl of Los Angeles.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

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

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 14, 2026

L.A., though, has relatively moderate density that sprawls somewhat consistently across hundreds of miles.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 11, 2025

He would totally freak, and I’m enjoying this strangely relaxed version of my father who sprawls on the couch and adores McDonald’s.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

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

A 12-year-old Labrador retriever named Sugar was sprawled on a hardwood floor of a Brooklyn apartment.

From The Wall Street Journal May 17, 2026

Haskel was sprawled out on his cot in a deep sleep.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

And with that veil ripped off, every emotion they didn’t let themselves feel, every word left unsaid, every last regret, all become instantly magnified, sprawling out before them on an endless road.

From Salon Aug. 24, 2026

Now, as Nvidia backstops sprawling data-center projects and an exotic money pipeline to boost chip demand, the company’s influence is arguably bigger than ever.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

But finding his successor will be no easy task for the country's most revered conglomerate, whose sprawling $300bn empire spans Jaguar Land Rover and Air India as well as manufacturing iPhones for Apple.

From BBC Aug. 23, 2026

Hundreds of robotics startups, some just a couple years old, peppered the sprawling convention centre hoping to dazzle.

From Barron's Aug. 19, 2026

An outline of the boot-shaped state pulsed on the thick paper, its sprawling cities and sleepy towns and rural outposts gleaming and glittering.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton




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