The Diallo tragedy is part of a long line stretching back before zero-tolerance.

ECONOMIST: The infernal regions

Nothing kills enthusiasm for the great outdoors more quickly than nearing a park entrance and hitting a line of cars stretching a mile to the gate.

BBC: Finding solitude in US national parks

When airliners are navigating through the same line of thunderstorms stretching from Texas to Canada, you want to know someone is in control who knows how to referee the order.

ECONOMIST: The crowded sky

Tamer Abuoglu, the last in a line of butchers stretching back seven generations, has a sensitive side - he's also a published poet with fifteen volumes of verse to his name.

BBC: Working Lives: Turkey

And the visitors finished strongly with Brown stretching for the line after taking the scoring pass from scrum-half Danny Care.

BBC: Bristol 15-28 Harlequins

There are those who insist that Hitler is not the century's dominant figure because he was simply the latest in a long line of murderous figures, stretching back to before Genghis Khan.

CNN: The necessary evil?

Tamer Abusoglu is the latest in a line of butchers in his family stretching back seven generations.

BBC: Working Lives Turkey: Butcher

Whitehead capitalised on Smith's failure to clear the danger caused by Sykes' grubber kick, stretching out to get the touchdown inches from the dead-ball line.

BBC: Bradford Bulls 12-26 Leeds Rhinos

As a result, hundreds of thousands of front-line jobs are now open to women in the military, going beyond just combat positions and stretching out to artillery, armor, and infantry.

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In the past 17 games stretching back to last season, the team has fielded 10 different combinations across the back line and goalkeeper as they scrambled to find their best lineup.

WSJ: Red Bulls Defense: A Work in Progress Without Progress