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The phrase "a spate of something" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to describe a sudden or large number of occurrences of something, often negative events or situations.
Example: "The city experienced a spate of burglaries last month, prompting increased police patrols."
Alternatives: "a surge of" or "a wave of".
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Elderly women, often widows, are accused when something goes wrong: a drowned child, an outbreak of malaria, a drought, a spate of cattle deaths, or something as simple as a cow trying to jump a fence and knocking it down.
Soon she is visiting a tea room alone, shopping and spying on William and Agnes, in a spate of jealousy that matures into something much deeper.
If they can slowly choke things off at Ayungin, eventually something — a spate of truly bad weather, a collapse inside of the boat — will create the conditions where they can come in and take possession of the shoal without firing a single shot.
But suddenly a spate of color gave this show a something-for-everyone feel.
In my view, it's something more than just a spate of over-aggressive policing.
A particular line from Prince that night stuck with him, something the superstar uttered in the wake of a spate of terrorists attacks: "We should love each other".
And when something like ships start beaching up on the coast– there has been a spate of ships landing on the coast of Mumbai – it introduces another kind of uncertainty into the market.
A spate of Q.&A.
There has been a spate of assassinations.
But a spate of research says otherwise.
There was a spate of such letters.
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