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sprawl

[sprawl] / sprɔl /


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In a faded rehearsal hall in the gritty concrete sprawl of northern Rio de Janeiro, samba dancers and drummers fine-tune their rhythms for a grassroots carnival parade few tourists have heard of.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

The sheer sprawl of the record—24 tracks, 100 minutes—is daunting.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

Instead it sent him on empty assignments, like meandering the vacuous desert sprawl.

From Slate • Feb. 2, 2026

That rugged punk rock intensity would later unify the vast, synth-laden sprawl that is her second album, “Día”: a chronicle of her displacement during the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent ego death.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2025

As I hear him go down the stairs, I sprawl on my bed.

From "Finding Langston" by Lesa Cline-Ransome




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