Stretch
Both words in one sentence
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He gave up trying to eat it as soon as he realized his jaws couldn't stretch like that.
Source: Dagwood Sandwich - Instead of trying to calmly and rationally convince the others (which isn't too much of a stretch because he's already one of the calmer members of the group,) he resorts to hysterics and only convinces them that he's lost his mind.
Source: Idiot Plot / Anime and Manga -
It occurs again towards the end, but now to show how malnourished he is after trying to stretch his rations.
Source: Film / The Martian
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