spread
Example Sentences
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The analysts likened it to the way China-focused risks in January 2020 spread across the travel, industrials, and banking sectors in February and then became a sharp, broad global selloff by March.
From Barron's
Properties in the neighborhood are spread out, often shielded by desert vegetation.
After entering the body, the parasite can spread to multiple organs and eventually settle in the brain, where it can remain for life.
From Science Daily
The pile-on proceeded to break comment section containment, spreading into blogs, magazines and network TV talk shows.
From Salon
"They spread like a virus," security guard Princess Thoko Mlangeni, 33, told AFP outside her tin‑shack home overlooking the field, recalling how they first appeared on February 8.
From Barron's
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