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Chau broke the government "tribal reserve" exclusion limit stretching five kilometres out to sea, dodging coastguards and marine police.

From Barron's • May 18, 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

In the stratosphere, the atmospheric layer stretching from about 11km to 50 km above Earth's surface, CO2 behaves more like a cooling system.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2026

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

From BBC • May 14, 2026

He stood, stretching his long brown arms over the pots.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton




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