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It just happens to be the perfect 21st-century venue for the propagation of scams and urban legends that would have propagated by word of mouth, tabloid, or chain letter in earlier eras.

From Slate • Dec. 3, 2014

The family members’ funerals are believed to have propagated the virus through other villages.

From US News • Aug. 11, 2014

Legions of self-help books have propagated the idea that we each have it within us to achieve great things - we just need to be more confident.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2013

He’d withheld what would normally have propagated significant attention.

From Salon • Jul. 3, 2012

Schiller's play of the "Robbers" is said to have propagated the breed of highwaymen in Germany.

From Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846 by Various