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Example Sentences
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The Russell was briefly higher until the selloff spread to other parts of the market.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
By the time a patient experiences signs, such as jaundice – a yellowing of the skin – or abdominal pain, the cancer has often already spread to other organs.
From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026
Stage four is the most advanced stage of cancer, and means the disease has spread to other parts of the body.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
Shortly after he left office, Biden was diagnosed with an aggressive form of advanced prostate cancer that had spread to his bones.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
The earliest farming communities there in the seventh millennium B.C. utilized wheat, barley, and other crops that had been previously domesticated in the Fertile Crescent and that evidently spread to the Indus Valley through Iran.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
