spread
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But it was through that audit that the trust became aware there had been "inappropriate access that spread from their own trust to the acute trust".
From BBC
He maintains, for instance, that Hinduism never spread as Buddhism or Christianity did primarily because it lacked portable written texts.
The assets are spread across Canada, France, the U.S. and the U.K.
The researchers also found that inflammation pushes cancer cells into a more immature, neuron-like state, which enhances their ability to spread and is linked to relapse.
From Science Daily
The policy spread to other factories, and is common at auto plants around the country to this day.
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