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

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

“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

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

From Science Daily • Jan. 6, 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