spread over
Example Sentences
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The DDT toxic site is believed to be spread over a piece of ocean bed the size of San Francisco.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
The tournament is spread over three countries - the US, Canada and Mexico - with 16 host cities, and there are more matches than ever as the group stage has been expanded.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
Kerstjens suggests that part of the answer may come from a process that resembles the way human populations spread over generations.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 25, 2026
Among those technologies is direct air capture—in which carbon is absorbed from the atmosphere, enhanced rock weathering where rocks like basalt are spread over farm fields to capture dissolved carbon in rainwater.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
Olanna felt a watery queasiness in her bowels before the numbness spread over her and stopped at her feet.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
