spread
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After breaching a large Indian crypto exchange in 2024, hackers used algorithms to spread funds through global crypto networks, doing it faster than any human could and making them virtually impossible to recover.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
“The $25 spread offers a maximum profit of $19.04 per share against that $5.96 commitment, giving it approximately a three to one risk-reward ratio,” said Ceresna.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
Word spread that a fuel tanker was nearing a filling station in Malawi's capital, Lilongwe, and the snaking queue surged as drivers jockeyed for position and motorcyclists pressed in.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
“When you’re a kid, you want to run away from home and spread your wings,” the singer says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
Treated seriously or not, the story of the Fox sisters and the spirits spread farther and faster due to the invention of the telegraph.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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In the UK, some foods such as breakfast cereals and spreads are already fortified with vitamin D, but it is voluntary.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
Amazon may pay for equipment before it reaches normal operating capacity, while accounting spreads the equipment’s cost over its useful life through depreciation.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026
Kenningham of Capital Economics predicted there would be "no lifeline for France" at Thursday's meeting, saying spreads between French and German bonds, the eurozone benchmark, would need to widen far more to justify any action.
From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026
“We don’t believe current spreads warrant intervention, but Lagarde may remind markets of the available instruments to limit contagion risk,” wrote Bas van Geffen, an analyst at Rabobank, in a note to clients.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
But a properly functioning coal-burning plant spreads radioactive lead, uranium, radon, polonium, and thorium every day.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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Often dubbed "visible mending" the trend is spreading from hobby crafters and community workshops, even drawing in fast-fashion brands and reaching the designer catwalks this year.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
Better software can lower it by helping existing equipment handle more work, spreading the cost of buildings and machinery across more orders.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026
Carpenter and King have preferred to keep their batches small and their marketing limited to word of mouth, but that word is spreading, especially across their ravenous genre-loving fan base.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
Fifty-three of the patient's contacts have been identified by the Nigerian health authorities, in a bid to stop the virus spreading across Africa's most populous nation.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026
Inside me I felt little threads, growing and spreading and knotting together, tangling me up and binding me tight.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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