stretch

Increasing global challenges were stretching the capacities of humanitarian organizations to respond.
La multiplication des situations problématiques à l'échelle planétaire fait que les organisations humanitaires n'ont plus les moyens d'y répondre.
Existing and proposed investment rules were stretching and expanding concepts such as national treatment, expropriation, and minimum standard of treatment.
Les règles d'investissement existantes et celles proposées élargissaient des notions telles que le traitement national, l'expropriation et les normes minimales de traitement.
It was indeed awe-inspiring: two huge pylons rising towards the sky, hundreds of taut cables, and the two sides of the bridge were stretching towards one another, like two hands looking for each another.
C'était impressionnant, quand même : deux pylônes immenses vers le ciel, des centaines de câbles tendus, et les deux bras du pont, tendus l'un vers l'autre, comme deux mains qui se cherchent.
All the players were stretching on the field before the game.
Tous les joueurs s'échauffaient sur le terrain avant le match.
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