Example Sentences
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Stretches of the highway were closed Wednesday evening because of unsafe conditions.
From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 20, 2025
Stretches of the reserve are covered in tiny yellow flowers called goldfields.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2024
Stretches of DNA within those switches appear to have evolved rapidly since our species’ split from our common ancestor with chimpanzees.
From Science Magazine • Aug. 16, 2022
Stretches of a river on the French-Swiss border have been left completely dry, after one of the most severe droughts in decades has hit parts of western Europe.
From BBC • Aug. 9, 2022
Stretches the long untravelled path of light, Into the depths of ages; we may trace, Afar, the brightening glory of its flight, Till the receding rays are lost to human sight.
From Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition by Stoddard, Richard Henry
