stretch
Example Sentences
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The military is stretched thin on other fronts as well, including fighting armed gangs known as "bandits" in the northwest and separatists in the southeast.
From Barron's
That was the middle of an unusually tight three week stretch, with weekly closes separated by just 57 cents.
From Barron's
Starbucks has had a long stretch of stagnant sales, and the chain’s core profitability last year fell to some of the lowest levels since the pandemic.
As for your mother’s savings, your goal as her financial representative should be to stretch the funds to cover her needs while she is alive.
From MarketWatch
Since she’s into horror films, she’d probably love Horror Row, the stretch of Magnolia Boulevard in Burbank that is densely populated with spooky, spine crawling horror-themed shops and attractions you can enjoy year round.
From Los Angeles Times
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