stretch

Example Sentences

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Tech stocks are suffering their worst stretch of performance against the broader market in a half century.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

During the Depression, he said, restaurateurs “really had to stretch food,” and smashing the meat made it fill out the bun.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

“Our DNA is about realness, about not changing a person, you know, not erasing stretch marks.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Anderson accepts there are few, if any, bins along the famous central section of the wall, not even in the car park at Steel Rigg, the gateway to its most visited stretch.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

He waved back to his mom and felt his face stretch into a smile just as wide as hers.

From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold