spread
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During a series of hearings, witnesses called as development experts pored over maps of the campus to identify several parcels to spread the housing into separate villages.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Using a technique known as Approximate Bayesian Computation, the researchers worked backward from the fossil record to estimate how far organisms spread and how intensely they competed for resources.
From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026
Despite fears of spread to neighbouring countries, only Uganda has recorded cases.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
After Hugheston-Roberts shared news of the heron's arrival in Caernarfon, word spread.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
I started to ask the question aloud but then watching the other girls spread out their bedclothes, underneath bundles of hanging parsnips and ropes of garlic, was answer enough.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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