spate
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Those two categories of incidents were down in 2024 and 2025 compared with prior years, after a spate of alarming close calls at airports in Austin, Texas, New York and Boston in 2023.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
In a previous interview, Luna referred to the spate of death at the start of the year as a “kick in the groin.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026
Often referred to as “living drugs,” they have driven a spate of acquisitions at larger companies.
From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026
The firm has faced investor angst and redemption requests after investors got spooked by a spate of high-profile corporate defaults.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
He had seen the Crawling Backwards Days and his gratitude to Mammachi and her family for all that they had done for him was as wide and deep as a river in spate.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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