Example Sentences
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City officials have fanned out across the city to probe other work sites, including ones connected to MetroLoft or Domani Inspection Services, the private building inspector that MetroLoft hired for the old Pfizer building.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Temperatures topped 40C and gusts of hot wind fanned the flames in the southern Italian island, where wildfires have been raging for several days.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
"Ferns responded to and delivered the fuel that fanned the flames, triggering repeated massive wildfires. A truly hellish world."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
Producers need oil tankers—some have now fanned out across the world—to ferry their cargoes and sail back to load more.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
After a while, the baboons fanned out and began digging earnestly in the soil.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
