spread
Example Sentences
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To gauge whether stocks could stage a Santa rally and extend gains into next year, investors are watching whether broader participation can persist, as gains have spread beyond a narrow group of Big Tech stocks.
From MarketWatch
All three parasites spread through poor sanitation, typically when food, water, or hands are contaminated with human feces.
From Science Daily
The blaze, which has now been extinguished, spread to a number of vehicles but there were no reported injuries.
From BBC
Those galaxy shape measurements help scientists refine estimates of how mass is spread through the universe and how dark energy behaves.
From Science Daily
Cubans are going hungry, suffering from spreading disease and sleeping outdoors with no electricity to power fans through the sweltering nights.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
