spread
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As word of the raid spread, a crowd of protesters outside the warehouse began to grow.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
Scientists refer to this as a Trojan horse effect, and the researchers say it may also play a role in the spread of antibiotic resistance.
From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2026
This inability to spread risk made U.S. banks, and the economy they served, inherently fragile, with a financial infrastructure prone to amplifying shocks rather than absorbing them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
However, he stressed that he did not expect Ebola to spread worldwide because the virus is not airborne, unlike coronavirus.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
Obeying these threatening spirits, Mr. Capron and his wife took Kate to their home in nearby Auburn to spread the spirit message.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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