So they pin up posters on election commission sponsored bulletin boards and spread their message by megaphones.

VOA: standard.2009.07.27

World Health Organization Director-General Margaret Chan said the alert level was stepped up because influenza viruses are unpredictable and can spread quickly around the world.

VOA: standard.2009.04.29

As the oil has spread and washed ashore at Gulf Coast beaches and wetlands, cleanup crews have been trying to scoop up what they can.

VOA: standard.2010.08.05

Word spread about the free classes. And as more students showed up, Nesser enlisted volunteers, hired a small bus and used her own money to turn her house into a school.

VOA: standard.2010.02.24

Mount'em up! Spread out!Cover his back!

VOA: standard.other

To slow the spread of the virus and relieve the strain on the country's health system, the government has set up a national pandemic flu service, where people who suspect they're infected can get a diagnosis and prescription for antiviral drugs over the phone or Internet.

VOA: standard.2009.07.31