stretch
Example Sentences
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These needs are colliding with already stretched fiscal positions.
From MarketWatch
It continued: "Wales' existing national parks have suffered years of funding cuts. Surely the priority should be to properly fund those before stretching scant resources even further?"
From BBC
The map showed a fairly high concentration of poppies near a stretch of Highway 138.
From Los Angeles Times
Trustee Asiza Tate said parents cannot afford "essentials like formula and nappies, as their salaries are just not stretching to everything".
From BBC
Above the valley the path stretches away over high ground, parts of which have now been laid with giant flagstones.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
