widen

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The company, which builds its service robots for hotels, hospitals and factories, listed in Hong Kong in October of last year, as it sought to widen its investor base beyond the mainland.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

“You can’t go to stocks, you can’t go to bonds, even credit spreads have started to widen out.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 29, 2026

The cells produced much less nitric oxide, which helps blood vessels relax and widen, and more endothelin-1, which causes vessels to tighten.

From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2026

Yields on bonds of more indebted eurozone countries, such as Italy, France and Belgium, also rose by more than those of German Bund yields on Thursday, causing spreads to widen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Her eyes widen, just barely, like I threw her off somehow just by saying her name.

From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli