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Free sign upThe phrase "and a stretch of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a continuous length or area of something, often in a physical or metaphorical context.
Example: "The hikers walked along a stretch of the scenic coastline, enjoying the breathtaking views."
Alternatives: "and a span of" or "and a length of".
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A few policemen and a stretch of barbed wire can't keep them out.
Tropical Storm Alex is on a course heading for northeastern Mexico and a stretch of Texas.
WHEN most people dream of showers, they imagine relaxing steam and a stretch of undisturbed time.
On Sunday, stones from an arch and a stretch of wall collapsed in the popular tourist site.
There is a memorial in Cholame, California, and a stretch of Route 46 was rechristened the James Dean Memorial Highway.
(Curry in a Hurry on Lexington Avenue, various West Side diners, and a stretch of West 29th Street).
The apartment, priced at $895,000, overlooks the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and a stretch of low buildings.
It included a hip-hop remix (Notorious B.I.G.'s verse from Lloyd Banks's "Victory 2004") and a stretch of bouncy, twitchy house music full of electro arpeggios.
Washing was a luxury, Yiddish was the language of haggling and a stretch of Lombard Street was known as Corned Beef Row.
Highways England has shut the Severn Bridge on the M48 to all vehicles and a stretch of the A35 bypass at Dorchester due to flooding.
This afternoon, a brief truce revealed a line of Army armored personnel carriers and a stretch of charred and pitted city block.
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