metastasize
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That’s manifested in a widespread selloff that has started to metastasize beyond purveyors of enterprise software offerings.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 14, 2026
AJ: Dr. King predicted that if America did not address the cancer of bigotry, it would metastasize and bring down the nation.
From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2024
The fault isn’t just with them — in Hollywood, blame and error metastasize — and Bach tracks how Transamerica, UA executives and the media contributed to the production’s failure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2024
These subtler harms metastasize out of the loneliness that comes from being forced to stand between two communities.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 29, 2024
Without those limitations, copyright law will bloat and metastasize into a claim of monopoly, or at least control, over the very architectures of our communications technology.
From The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind by Boyle, James
And now, there’s her husband’s cancer: prostate, stage four, metastasized to his bones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
Over the past year, the Epstein files have metastasized into a defining symbol of elite impunity.
From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2026
This issue metastasized into something greater for Oracle: The market realized that returns for stockholders could shrink if the OpenAI deal doesn’t fully bear fruit, or if any other part of the business suffers.
From Barron's ● Mar. 19, 2026
And the doctrine has metastasized beyond the regulatory context, with courts applying it to individual enforcement actions, agency guidance documents, and presidential actions.
From Slate ● Jun. 13, 2025
Others mistook malignant changes for infection, sending women home with antibiotics only to have them return later, dying from metastasized cancer.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
Sakaguchi said that he wanted to continue researching how to enhance immune responses in cancer and to potentially prevent cancer cells from spreading and metastasizing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2025
Prof Rahul Roychoudhuri, from the University of Cambridge, told me: "What we've discovered is that aspirin might work, surprisingly, by unleashing the power of the immune system to recognize and kill metastasizing cancer cells."
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2025
But there is a simmering rage in the electorate, and it is metastasizing.
From Salon ● Feb. 16, 2024
Mr. Schatz, one of the best-known disinformation researchers and fact checkers in Israel, rushed back home to his computer, knowing he had little time to stop the false claims from metastasizing.
From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2024
I imagined the tumor metastasizing into my own bones, boring holes into my skeleton, a slithering eel of insidious intent.
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
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The Kite Runner
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