Historical clue formulations

• Stretched out to see — 2023-08-13
• Stretched to get a better look, say — 2022-05-11
• Stretched, in a way — 2013-01-13
• Stretched in order to see — 2006-01-18
• Stretched — 1999-11-17
• Stretched the neck to look — 1999-05-10
• Stretched one's neck — 1997-02-02
• Strained to see — 1996-03-25