Example Sentences
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Firefighters in both countries are stretched to the limits of their capacity, with the flames spreading faster than they are able to contain them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Cambridgeshire Constabulary says it was "very stretched" on the January day last year when Mathew Latta's farm was invaded, and the force says it did not respond the way it would have wanted.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
Light from the most remote galaxies will become stretched to such enormous wavelengths that it will effectively disappear from view.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026
I woke up early, stretched out my arms and was happy to be alone with the whole day ahead of me with no plans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Below it stretched a long slope of snowy boulders, and beyond that, scarcely a pebble’s throw away, and shimmering in its white winter mantle, lay the Forest.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
