The phenomenon is, as Jack says, metastasizing, especially in communities, Britain is one example.

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Such displays of awareness belie a widening sense of despair and desperation metastasizing throughout the banking industry.

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Clearly, while these steps were necessary, they are not sufficient in a world in which the missile threat is metastasizing.

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And vaccines might be our best hope in preventing it from metastasizing.

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The presence of these rare "circulating tumor cells" may indicate that a patient's cancer is metastasizing, spreading from the breast, say, to the lungs.

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But malware is constantly morphing and metastasizing like cancer.

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