spread
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Back payments would be spread among 12 monthly installments beginning in July, rather than in a lump sum, according to a memo sent to suppliers on Valentine’s Day.
The Olympics will have events spread out in Southern California from Los Angeles to Orange Counties.
From Los Angeles Times
Protests got under way at the end of the year and escalated for two weeks, spreading to dozens of cities around the country.
The protests, which have reportedly spread to 180 cities and towns in all 31 provinces, were sparked by anger over the collapse of the Iranian currency and soaring cost of living.
From BBC
In public, Arab Gulf states have largely kept silent as protests have spread across the neighboring Islamic Republic and human-rights groups said thousands have died in the regime’s crackdown.
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