spread
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For much of the afternoon they resorted to trying to bore Head out with a field spread far and wide - a tactic that must have hurt Ben Stokes to the core.
From BBC
On Thursday, he announced plans to strengthen laws countering hate speech and introduce new powers to cancel visas or reject applications for those who spread hate, part of a sweeping crackdown on antisemitism.
Experienced workers have to check that it is at the right consistency, and it takes a team of 12 to spread the caramel in five layers that make up the Tunnock's wafer biscuit.
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The disease is highly contagious and spreads easily among dolphins, whales, and porpoises causing severe disease and mass deaths.
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But in November, all bird farmers in England were ordered to keep their flocks indoors and many were culled early to limit the spread of bird flu.
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