spread out
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About 60 volunteers with clipboards spread out over Hollywood on Tuesday morning to count every tent, makeshift shelter, lived-in vehicle and obviously homeless person.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
Unlike ordinary light pulses that gradually spread out, solitons maintain their shape as they move.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
Palantir software takes an organization’s data, which may be spread out across many different systems and formats, and uses artificial intelligence to draw relationships between disparate data points, aiding customers in decision-making.
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
I have $48,000 in debt spread out, in order of biggest to smallest, between student loans, a loan with Discover, 2 loans with my bank, and the last $2,000 is credit-card debt.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 29, 2026
As he watched, the darkness spread out around them, getting bigger and bigger, as if something was rising from the bottom of the ocean.
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
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