sprawling
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A week after taking office, Bass launched Inside Safe, looking to move homeless people out of sprawling encampments and into hotels and motels — and eventually, permanent homes.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
"The terminology is so sprawling that you could almost make a new language from these rock names," said Gibson.
From Science Daily • May 26, 2026
The white-robed pilgrims on buses or on foot arrived at the sprawling encampment in Mina after performing the "tawaf" -- walking seven times around the Kaaba, the giant black cube at Mecca's Grand Mosque.
From Barron's • May 25, 2026
On most days after work, Jayden Weaver sheds his sales-manager role and logs in to his “Minecraft” account, where he and his YouTube audience of over 9,000 followers have built a sprawling modular kingdom.
From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026
They wrote things on the walls—tiny secret things in ballpoint pen and sprawling screaming things in spray paint.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
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