spread among

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Hantavirus is usually spread from rodents, but the WHO has said it could have spread among "really close contacts" aboard the ship.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

There are more than 50 million square feet of empty office space in Los Angeles, according to industry experts, spread among the city’s many commercial districts and corridors such as Wilshire Boulevard.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026

How these circoviruses spread among whales and whether they cause disease remain open questions.

From Science Daily • Jan. 6, 2026

Earlier this year, scientists warned that bird flu had sparked the worst die-off on record for southern elephant seals when it spread among a population on Argentina's coast in 2023.

From Barron's • Nov. 13, 2025

“If the disorder should continue to spread among them,” a very gloomy Benjamin Rush commented, “then will the measure of our suffering be full.”

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy