Not exact matches
The atmosphere is a problem for astronomers for two
big reasons: it's turbulent, so it smears
out the light from cosmic objects, and it blocks
out huge
swathes of the electromagnetic spectrum.
And while that high ranking was fueled in part by a major heat wave
out West, a
big factor was the very warm nighttime temperatures across a large
swath of the country.
I spent a
big swath of my life working in offices, wearing appropriate black and navy business attire, rushing from here to there never noticing the changes in season, never taking time
out to sniff a flower, or enjoy a delicious seasonal treat.
You could try to run from place to place — and sometimes breaking down or running
out of fuel may necessitate such a move — but the
swaths of zombies hiding in the tall grass will overrun you, and getting anywhere in this vast environment that is
bigger than either of the main game's zones would take forever.
The Healy, a younger, larger, but less sturdy ice - breaking ship, just headed
out on a surveying cruise charting new stretches of the Chukchi Cap, an extension of the continental slope off Alaska that could — if the Senate ever approves the Law of the Sea Treaty — add a
big swath of Arctic Ocean seabed as a potential economic resource.