be widespread
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The view that privatisation ultimately failed, leaving unreliable services and high fares, may be widespread.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
“If the NWS says 30 percent chance of ‘scattered afternoon thunderstorms,’ that means there’s high confidence of storms, but they won’t be widespread within your area.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
Among the many problems today is that there seems to be widespread confusion, from the media to the Oval Office, about the definition of “interest rates.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026
A Riverside County beekeeper lost millions of bees in last week’s Verona fire and warns that the effects of the devastation will be widespread.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
The result all round would be indirect, but it would be widespread and disastrous.
From St. Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians A Practical Exposition by Charles Gore
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