be widespread
Example Sentences
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A Riverside County beekeeper lost millions of bees in last week’s Verona fire and warns that the effects of the devastation will be widespread.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
The tournament also remains under the jurisdiction of the independent cricket regulator - established following the 2023 Equity in Cricket report, which found discrimination to be "widespread" within the English game.
From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026
"But similar evolutionary signatures in primates suggest this kind of compensatory evolution may be widespread and studying it could clarify how genomes retain ancient functions while adapting to ever-shifting threats," Levine says.
From Science Daily • Jan. 26, 2026
With NIS supplying over 80 percent of Serbia's diesel and petrol, the effects could be widespread, Belgrade-based economist Goran Radosavljevic told AFP.
From Barron's • Oct. 9, 2025
Formulæ like these appear to be widespread among school-children, who extract a good deal of satisfaction from the magic meaning of these quaint expressions.
From The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day by Chamberlain, Alexander F.