spread among

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Hantavirus is usually spread from rodents, but the WHO has said it could have spread among "really close contacts" aboard the ship.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

About half of the costs will be spread among all customers within PJM, and the other half will be allocated by region.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

How these circoviruses spread among whales and whether they cause disease remain open questions.

From Science Daily • Jan. 6, 2026

Earlier this year, scientists warned that bird flu had sparked the worst die-off on record for southern elephant seals when it spread among a population on Argentina's coast in 2023.

From Barron's • Nov. 13, 2025

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