The phrase "spanning around" is grammatically correct and is commonly used in written English.
Example: The dancer's graceful movements were mesmerizing as she twirled, spanning around the stage with effortless ease.
And we can't forget the great Sir Stanley Matthews, often referred to as the 'first gentleman of soccer', whose exemplary sportsmanship during a career spanning around 700 games for Stoke, Blackpool and England saw him go booking-free.
We have chapters spanning around the globe.
"Early music" is an ever-broadening term, spanning around 1,000 years of musical history.
Click HERE to view Laura Dekker's voyage If all goes to plan, 16-year-old Laura Dekker will arrive in St Maarten having completed a round-the-world voyage lasting more than 500 days and spanning around 27,000 miles.
The study of Land Registry records by the Guardian and aerial photography company Getmapping reveals Tesco's British property portfolio covers 4.6m sq m, spanning around 310 separate sites that do not currently house a Tesco store in England, Scotland and Wales.
In this case, more stations spanning around the globe would be required.
They span around, impossible to control.
Something rustled behind me and I span around.
The "super brand" has been around for over 30 years and its sales are escalating dramatically and span around 40 countries.
He wrote close to 1,800 songs during a career that spanned around 50 years, including the Ciudad Juárez pop anthem, Ciudad Juárez Numero Uno.
The collection spans around 35 years and includes poems written during Orwell's school years, and later in Burma where he spent five years between 1922 and 1927.
