Example Sentences

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Demonstrations have been spreading beyond Tokyo with rallies organised in other major cities like Osaka, Kyoto, and Fukuoka.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

Birds have been spreading a new clade of the H5N1 avian influenza virus, 2.3.4.4b, around the world since 2021.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 5, 2024

Death cap mushrooms, for example, have been spreading throughout the western U.S. and look similar to the common puffball.

From National Geographic • Feb. 14, 2024

Bed bugs may not have been spreading a lot during the pandemic, but deep reservoirs of them were still thriving worldwide.

From Scientific American • Oct. 13, 2023

I could have been spreading on this jam a little thick.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron