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The military's version of this UAV is the MQ-9 Reaper, which is capable of carrying 15 times the payload at three times the speed of the Predator A, for up to 30 hours at a stretch.
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IEEE Spectrum, 30 Sep. 2013
At least 15 miles wide—and sometimes much wider—at its American end, this verdant freeway for migrating mammals lasted thousands of years at a stretch.
—Michael Ray Taylor, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 May 2025
This past May, temperatures across several states in the region soared well past 110 degrees Fahrenheit for weeks at a stretch.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
Grandpa really couldn’t feed the family at a stretch.
—Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
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IEEE Spectrum, 30 Sep. 2013
At least 15 miles wide—and sometimes much wider—at its American end, this verdant freeway for migrating mammals lasted thousands of years at a stretch.
—Michael Ray Taylor, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 May 2025
This past May, temperatures across several states in the region soared well past 110 degrees Fahrenheit for weeks at a stretch.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
Grandpa really couldn’t feed the family at a stretch.
—Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
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“At a stretch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20a%20stretch. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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