stretching

Example Sentences

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The Central Valley Project includes 20 dams and about 500 miles of aqueducts and canals, stretching from the Redding area to near Bakersfield.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

“Nvidia is not a cash-strapped supplier stretching its balance sheet to keep customers afloat,” Mark Malek, CIO at Siebert Financial, wrote.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

The current price run-up is pumping tax revenues into communities stretching from Alaska to North Dakota to the small towns speckling West Texas and New Mexico.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

Motherwell were fighting back, knocking the ball around, playing their incisive passes, stretching Celtic, threatening their lead.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

The musk ox spoke in a low voice, stretching his words out from time to time.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el