far and wide

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Perhaps in the new technologies’ formative stages of development this yields valuable insights from far and wide.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

Apart from climate concerns, strikes on energy infrastructure, oil tankers and military targets pollute the surrounding air and water and spread highly toxic chemicals far and wide, experts say.

From Barron's • Mar. 15, 2026

He cast his gaze far and wide; toward the end of his life he compiled data on the large number of Hong Kongers sitting in jail on pre-trial detention.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

It has also provoked speculation far and wide over the impact of any outside intervention.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026

At once, hundreds of lanterns light up along brick paths, revealing dozens and dozens of stone buildings that dot the rocky landscape that stretches as far and wide as a small town.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas