spread
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The extra compensation, or spread, investors require to offset rising risks have moved up accordingly.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026
“Even if something might be natural, if you aerosolize it and spread it across buildings, it’s not necessarily great,” UCLA’s Spokoyny said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
"I am worried that lawlessness could spread in the city, and I am also afraid for my life. I want us to quickly return to law and order," added another resident.
From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026
"The color begins to spread through the water, and, in a similar fashion, these heavy elements from early galaxies began to escape into space and 'enrich' their surroundings."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
Towering spruce trees warned them back with arms spread wide.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
A sign of that, he said, is that the spread between five-year bonds widened more than 10-year spreads.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
In New York, diesel futures have recently fetched roughly double the price of crude, with spreads far exceeding any previously recorded levels, boosting wholesale costs for gas stations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
And during the global financial crisis, spreads approached 20 percentage points.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
Paramount was able to get its new big debt deal against a tough backdrop of rising Treasury yields and wider spreads on high-yield corporate debt.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
I don’t have any choice about whether my vitiligo spreads or where it goes.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
The finding suggests that even at cosmic dawn, galaxies were already manufacturing heavy elements and spreading them into their surroundings.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
Shiloh rejected suggestions she was spreading harmful misinformation, describing herself as a human rights advocate.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
When storms bring heavy runoff, growers have been spreading water on fields to recharge groundwater.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Michael Priestley, policy manager with the National Sheep Association, said there was now a "trade-off" between the benefit of eased restrictions and the increased risk of the virus spreading.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Because when the crowd turned back to the ocean, they saw that the poison tide was spreading through the water and slowly surrounding the island.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
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