spread
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That can spread nasty infections like cold sores.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
The measure bars or expels foreigners deemed to have "spread or incited hate messages" against the country or its people.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
Heavy rainfall followed by extreme heat created the perfect tinder, as flames spread through regions of France and Spain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
There is no way to get back the money given to early retirees; the only questions are how to spread out the burden over time and how to finance this share of the shortfall.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
Its dead tendrils spread out like long gray fingers.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
Use extractor fans when cooking or showering because they remove warm, moist air before it spreads through the home.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
It refers to a malignant brain tumour, external, a type of cancer that starts in the brain or spreads into the brain from another area of the body.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
As a result, fallow fields are in a "deplorable state, and at the slightest spark, the blaze spreads like wildfire" due to vegetation dried out by the heat.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
That’s because the spread can widen even as Treasury rates rise, so long as high-yield spreads rise even further.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
Pink spreads from his cheeks to his ears.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
In northern Portugal, in Valpacos, nearly 800 firemen were battling a forest fire that was spreading, the civil protection service said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
However, fires near the Spanish capital of Madrid have stopped spreading and thousands of residents been allowed to return home.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
The clouds can generate lightning, further spreading the fires.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Flames weren’t spreading rapidly but the fire was smoldering, creeping along and eating up the vegetation between the rocks on the ridgeline, she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
The fire was spreading through the forest, but not onto the pavement.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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