sprawl
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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
Vocabulary lists containing sprawl
The Diary of Anne Frank
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The Cay
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