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Berensztein said, however, that “he used Macri to win the election and now he is enlarging his coalition and Macri is not going to have as much influence as he thought.”

From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2023

The University of Southern California is enlarging its operations in Washington with the acquisition of a 60,000-square-foot building near Dupont Circle that will be home to a new D.C. campus.

From Washington Post • Mar. 15, 2023

This is not the gargantuan sea wall originally proposed but a humbler effort, which is enlarging several barrier islands in Jamaica Bay, and even creating some new ones.

From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2022

Rather, he said, studies should be done using M.R.I. scans to see if use of the drugs is enlarging the pancreases of patients.

From New York Times • May 30, 2013

Thus the extent of what I call my parish, and consequently of my parochial duty, is enlarging daily.

From Address to the Inhabitants of the Colonies, established in New South Wales And Norfolk Island by Johnson, Richard