spread over

Example Sentences

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The World Cup is fast approaching, and bigger than ever, with 104 matches spread over 16 North American cities across 39 days — all culminating in New Jersey.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026

In all cases, the remaining cancer did not grow or spread over time.

From Science Daily • May 6, 2026

In Miami this weekend, for example, the media centre is spread over a number of rooms several stories above the paddock, which is on the NFL pitch in the Hard Rock Stadium.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

In a practice that ought to inspire progressives, those farmers deepened the delta channels and spread over their surrounding farmland the rich silt they excavated or used it to reinforce the levees.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

But soon he let his thoughts return to the river, and as he lay there a whippoorwill began to sing on the opposite shore, darkness spread over the land, and Stuart dropped off to sleep.

From "Stuart Little" by E.B. White