spreading

Example Sentences

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Still, travelers from the region where Ebola is spreading may have already entered the U.S. in the past three weeks.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Farmers argued the new rules around storing manures were too heavy-handed and costly, and they should be able to manage their spreading based on weather conditions.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

"The potential of this virus spreading rapidly is very high, and that changed the whole dynamic," said the WHO's emergency alert and response director Abdi Rahman Mahamud.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

March and April data show that energy-driven inflation is spreading to consumer and producer prices, but the full extent of the pass-through and potential second-round effects remain unknown.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

“What a fine-looking elm tree, with such graceful, spreading branches,” she remarked.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood