The crowd got it mostly right, and the crowd also spread images and news stories quickly and firmly.

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The attendees were largely young, stylish professional women, with a smattering of men spread throughout the crowd.

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The crowd-sourced album helped spread the popularity of the existing discography while giving fans new music to enjoy.

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Then it spread to the crowd.

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By the following morning, news had spread, and an astonished crowd of local Afghans had gathered.

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The spread between the take-home pay of the buyout crowd and every other category in the business world has widened enormously, not to mention the guys in work boots threatened by globalism's irrepressible march to arbitrage labor to its lowest possible levels.

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This emphasis on lighting and the crowd culminated in the final execution scene: The nuns, wearing white shifts, spread out across stage, singing "Salve Regina" under brilliant light.

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Well-wishers crowded outside the clinic as news of Maradona's plight spread, forcing police officers to cordon off the entrance and hold back the crowd.

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Before a crowd of more than a thousand independent financial advisors, the trio took to the stage to spread the gospel of investing Main Street savings with Wall Street titans.

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