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stretch

[strech] / strɛtʃ /




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Labor Day marks the beginning of the final stretch of what’s been a pretty good year for stocks.

From MarketWatch Sep. 8, 2026

From there, you can see the entire area of the proposed development, acres and acres of it, including the stretch of unspoiled white-sand beach between the lagoon and the sea that we’d just driven past.

From Slate Sep. 8, 2026

The explosive growth of the avocado industry has brought enormous wealth to this stretch of western Mexico.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 6, 2026

Epstein also placed Molchanova in internships arranged by his friends, including a stretch she describes interning for the publicist Peggy Siegal in 2016.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 5, 2026

I grab my right foot and yank it behind my butt to stretch my quad.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

Milwaukee’s festival calendar stretches well beyond these two, so if your visit overlaps with one, it’s worth checking the city’s full schedule before you arrive.

From Salon Sep. 8, 2026

Young Anakin’s podracer, a striped cockpit strapped to twin shuttlecock engines, stretches down one side of an aisle.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 2026

Eighty percent of the bird species in Albania can be found here, across sand dunes, pine forest, and a lagoon that stretches over 16 square miles.

From Slate Sep. 8, 2026

The trend stretches back to the global financial crisis.

From BBC Sep. 5, 2026

Grandpa Earl was a jazz musician and he’d be gone for long stretches of time.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Instead, the genetic record points to a gradual decline that stretched from the early Pleistocene into the late Pleistocene.

From Science Daily Sep. 8, 2026

Ms Richards said: "Our midwives are stretched, and quite often that is often impacted into the postnatal care, into the community settings."

From BBC Sep. 7, 2026

Fearing the man suffered crush injuries, paramedics reached his arm through the trash and administered medication through an IV as the two-hour rescue stretched on, he said.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

The disadvantages of Broadcom’s AI-chip strategy are also coming into sharper focus as the financial capacity of the healthiest tech companies gets stretched.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

Russell stretched out the window again, and his eyes locked on me.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

Sir Tom, who is known for hits including Green Green Grass of Home and What's New Pussycat?, has enjoyed a successful music career stretching over six decades.

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

I may have been stretching and reading more, but it sure did feel like I was performing wellness versus actually feeling well.

From Slate Sep. 6, 2026

The Chief is stretching here, and the majority replies that Lujan required more than a “cognizable interest” for standing.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

Only a handful of the more than 1,000 bodies recovered by authorities so far have been identified, stretching Nepal's already limited morgue capacity.

From Barron's Sep. 1, 2026

When Jeremy turned to watch, he had a sense that the door was stretching itself to let her pass.

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville




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