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Actual arguments were sprawling — 18 hours over three days, with 38 participants.

From Seattle Times • May 15, 2024

His birthday parties were sprawling, genial affairs, with kids, dogs, food, movies.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2023

The accusations centered on the country’s former president, Jacob Zuma, and his associates, and the misdeeds recounted were sprawling and salacious.

From Washington Post • Jun. 22, 2022

Rather than climbing a trellis, for instance, the grapevines were sprawling across the ground.

From New York Times • Nov. 21, 2012

The men had laid their arms aside and were sprawling at their ease; and while the arch scoundrel was in the gaming mood, Margery had less to fear from him.

From The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady by Lynde, Francis