Example Sentences

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It's not unusual for films to perform much worse in their second week, but Rihanna says word about Mean Girls will have spread quickly online.

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2024

So the medical staff sometimes come too late and the virus will have spread.

From BBC • Jul. 8, 2019

A person may be asymptomatic when they get on a jumbo jet in Hong Kong, but by the time they land in New York they will have spread the virus to the crew and passengers.

From The Guardian • Mar. 18, 2018

But now that news will have spread that many vessels are not carrying that armed protection there are concerns that the lucrative business of Somali maritime piracy may be set to return.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2017

It is only a question of time when they will have spread over the whole of Northern Luzon.

From The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon by Willcox, Cornélis de Witt