spread among

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In Rwampara and other villages outside the city of Bunia, home to more than a million people and tens of thousands of others displaced by conflict, worry has begun to spread among the population.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Word began to spread among Magyar supporters, and at the nearby hotel that had become party HQ, Tisza activists hugged each other.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

A new game called “playing outside” will spread among the children as a taboo form of play—first having to sneak out against their parents’ wishes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

“I don’t know what there is to compromise,” said Newsom, calling the measure “badly drafted” and arguing the money raised wouldn’t be spread among other groups.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2026

Information Agency sought to spread among Africans the impression that American Negroes were steadily advancing, and that the race problem soon would be solved.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey