spread
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It also becomes an excellent sandwich spread when stirred into mayonnaise, and a remarkably elegant dip when folded into Greek yogurt.
From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026
A man has described how he frantically tried to wake up his neighbours after a lightning strike set a house on fire and the blaze rapidly spread.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
As protests spread to the capital Tirana, the barbed wire and construction vehicles disappeared, but the demonstrators' demands have crystallised.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
Many observers in the 1990s believed that the communist collapse in Central and Eastern Europe would spread globally.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
“And more. You’ve had a narrow escape. You’re one lucky boy. What if the fire had spread into that sugarbush grove? Do you happen to recall whose particular grove that is?”
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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