As an educator,however, Johnson says that there is no other widespread cultural innovation to explain the radical shift in language usage she's seen over the past few years.

VOA: standard.2010.01.16

There's a kind of puzzle there as to-- even if, before we move to the question, how widespread are cases like this?

这里又产生了一种疑团-,甚至在我们探讨，这种案例有多普遍之前？

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Joseph's betrayal by his brothers, his decent into Egypt, set the stage, not only for the reformation of his brothers' characters, which is an important part of the story, but for the descent of all of the Israelites into Egypt, so as to survive widespread famine.

约瑟夫兄弟们的背叛，他进入埃及，奠定了基础，不仅为他兄弟们品格的修复，这是故事中非常重要的一部分，也为所有以色列人进入埃及，为了幸免于蔓延的饥荒。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

Where was the outrage for years as there was strikes against civilian targets in Israel?" But on the streets of Istanbul there is widespread support for the government's stance towards Israel.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

The three-party alliance made unprecedented inroads in the 2008 general elections but those gains were also attributed to widespread anger over the government's handling of problems such as graft and racial inequality.

VOA: standard.2009.12.21

While Foreign Office officials will not confirm or deny the widespread media reports here that two Britons employed as private security guards in Iraq have died in captivity, various accounts point to the likelihood that Alan McMenemy and Alec MacLachlan are probably dead.

VOA: standard.2009.07.29