spreading

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Relief workers are also worried about water contamination and disease spreading in refugee camps that have sprung up around La Guaira and Caracas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 11, 2026

Equipped with beds, mannequins, a mock laboratory, and protective gear, the simulation centre prepares doctors, nurses, and clinicians for deployments in DRC, or from regional countries at risk from the spreading disease.

From Barron's • Jul. 11, 2026

Carn said a dramatic escalation appears unlikely because the eruption is associated with a volcanic ridge near the intersection of a transform fault and a back arc spreading center.

From Science Daily • Jul. 10, 2026

Liberland is also entirely tax-free, something its interior minister, Ivan Pernar, a controversial Croatian former MP who was kicked out of parliament for spreading conspiracy theories, explains to me.

From BBC • Jul. 10, 2026

All morning, rumors were spreading that there was going to be a big protest at Cleo today when the Americans again attempt to turn it.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman