Word: spread
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...Renaissance Girl was a "clubber," a serial joiner of school organizations who never rises to a leadership position. One Cornell applicant submitted a one-page, single-spaced addendum to his application that cataloged, as one admissions officer exasperatedly termed it, "every activity he's ever participated in." With the "spread too thin" designation on his voting sheet, even his perfect 800 score on the verbal half of the SAT wasn't enough to stave off rejection...
When word of their presence spread, more than 1,000 Palestinians surged toward the building. Palestinian forces tried to keep the mob at bay, but about 10 men broke through a second-floor window where the Israelis were held...
Many land in Watertown and Allston, but some spread out to as far away as Jamaica Plain in Boston, or even to Fitchburg...
...been the incident in Ramallah. Palestinian police had apprehended a group of four Israeli soldiers in civilian clothes - on an undercover mission, say the Palestinians; lost on their way to their post, say the Israelis - and had taken them to the police station in the town. But as word spread that Israelis had been captured, a raging mob of up to 1,000 Palestinians converged on the station, brushed past Arafat?s officers and beat the Israelis to death. The salient point is that when confronted by an angry Palestinian mob, the local police were incapable of restraining them - although...
...consistency in turning out superstar players and nine championships spread over five decades (soon to be 10 championships over six decades...