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In some frontline Ukrainian cities, nets are hung high and wide across long stretches of road, forming corridors like spiders' webs to thwart aerial attacks.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
Trade Representative’s office to remove Canadian firms from the agency’s so-called Multiple Award Schedules, which connect federal, state and local government agencies with suppliers of a wide variety of products.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Haydn Parry: It will be interesting to see how wide receiver Carnell Tate, fourth overall pick by Tennessee, adapts among the big boys.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Coen joined the Rams’ staff in 2018 as an assistant wide receivers coach.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
His forehead crinkles, and then his eyes go wide.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
Still, for patients in the U.S. seeking to shed pounds, the potential influx of new weight-loss therapies from China may push down drug prices and provide a wider array of treatment options.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
On Rubio's first stop in Colombia, he framed President Abelardo de la Espriella's recent rise to power as part of a wider regional trend.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
Researchers are also investigating whether AP503 could have applications in other diseases and are continuing to examine the receptor's wider functions throughout the body.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026
Though “CODA” may have brought her wider attention, she was far from a novice by the time she made that film.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Similar to Captain, she was wider than she was tall, like a skunk who’d been squashed beneath the tire of a speeding car.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
Protecting houses of worship was work I helped begin under New York Mayor Eric Adams, and I understand the nuances of crafting legislation that can win the widest support.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Give your eyes around 20 to 30 minutes to adjust to the darkness and look towards the widest unobstructed area of sky possible.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
This marks the planet's widest visible separation from the Sun during its current appearance in the evening sky.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
It also has the widest geographic presence with facilities in half of all Indian states and union territories.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Seven feet wide at the widest and maybe twenty feet long inside, if you counted the storage space under the cockpit.
From "The Voyage Of The Frog" by Gary Paulsen
