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Florko, a staff writer at the Atlantic, made that pronouncement long before the multistate outbreak of Cyclospora cayetanensis, a parasite that is associated with explosive diarrhea and has spread across 34 states and counting.
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026
The deadly strain has spread to a forested area where health workers, who are already coping with short supplies and local suspicions, dare not venture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
She reported it, but said the problem quickly spread to other social media and dating apps.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
As large swings in individual stocks have recently dwarfed moves for the S&P 500 as a whole, the spread between two important gauges of implied volatility has expanded to its widest level on record.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 16, 2026
As word spread of this discovery, many of the New Jersey guests cried fraud, claiming that Leah had coated her hands with phosphorous before the séance.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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So-called gasoline crack spreads, which measure the difference between gasoline and crude-oil prices, are averaging 90 cents a gallon so far this month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Because these tumors often metastasize, the reptiles provide scientists with a rare chance to observe how cancer begins, evolves, and spreads under natural conditions.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
Ebola, a viral haemorrhagic fever that spreads through direct contact with bodily fluids, can cause severe bleeding and organ failure.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
Corporate bond spreads have been exceptionally low in recent years, in part because Treasury yields have held at high levels relative to several years ago.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
He waves hello as Mom spreads our blanket on the sand.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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Tracking the origin of an outbreak in the US that causes explosive diarrhoea has proved a challenge for public health experts searching for answers about how it started - and how it's spreading.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
A study last month by the Electric Power Research Institute found that data centers between 2015 and 2024 reduced residential rates by spreading out the grid’s fixed costs over a larger electric load.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
A record-smashing heat wave was spreading Tuesday from the West toward the East Coast, placing nearly 100 million Americans under heat alerts.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
“Early detection and rapid response are critical to preventing the pest from spreading further,” the agency wrote in its warning about the infestation in Costco plants.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
I feel my anger, my determination, spreading into the ground.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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