Sentence examples for stretch of countries from inspiring English sources

His office declined to specify exactly when or where he would travel, citing security concerns, but Southwest Asia usually refers to a stretch of countries including Afghanistan and Pakistan, both very likely to be important hot spots for Mr. Obama.

For a stretch of countries from Mauritania to Nigeria, Ivory Coast, despite its modest size, has been something akin to what the United States has often been to Latin America.

"They said that they want to put a sidewalk here," Mr. Etsch said, quizzically staring at what is now a stretch of country road.

Lee's attitude and his unique approach to defense of the American way won him admirers all across the southern tier of Utah, a stretch of country peppered with survivalists, militiamen and amateur experts of the Constitution and the Second Amendment.

At the end of my weekend as I was driving through the short stretch of country road that connects La Bamba and El Ombú to the highway, out of nowhere, a gaucho on horseback appeared.

Border crossings have to be prevented along a 700 km stretch of country which is hard to monitor.

In Parashant, one of the largest undeveloped stretches of country in the continental U.S., the night sky is a sight unlike anywhere else.

Purdue fought the suit with its customary rigor, pushing to move the proceedings elsewhere, on the ground that the company could not get a fair trial in Pike County, Kentucky — the rural stretch of coal country where the state intended to try the case.

A short stretch of open country takes you past the stark ruins of Cessford Castle.

Now there is hardly a stretch of the country's 220-mile coastline untouched by overdeveloped resorts.

The meticulously structured plot moves back and forth between hunter and hunted, covering a big stretch of wild country.