Sentence examples for police spread from inspiring English sources

The police spread rumours that they were thieves.

"It's relevant to why the police spread such a wide net early on," Mr. Sta.

Police spread word in the monastery that he had been caught consorting with prostitutes.

The protest, met with violence by the police, spread to black townships across the country.

See articleStrikes by police spread to 14 of Argentina's 23 provinces, prompting looting and riots in which 12 people have died.

The tensions that exploded in Yugoslavia's civil war were foreshadowed during a match in May 1990 between the Serbian side Red Star Belgrade and the Croatian team Dynamo Zagreb when violence involving rival supporters and Serbian riot police spread to the pitch to include players and coaches.

A youth project manager alleges his refusal to provide intelligence led to the police spreading false rumours and trying to smear him and his organisation.

I've been a reporter all my adult life, and I'm generally the last one to complain about police spreading tips.

Images depicting police brutality spread like wildfire across social media.

Images of protesters bloodied by police truncheons spread quickly and galvanise public support for the demonstrators.

But this weekend, as police strikes spread across the country, even the second option seemed unlikely.