Sentence examples for spread officials from inspiring English sources

As news of the incidents spread, officials seemed unsure how to react, perhaps afraid of creating panic.

The announcement is the latest effort by the Chinese government to confront a disease whose spread officials once actively sought to conceal.

As news of the shootings and the manhunt spread, officials said, the schools were locked and parents were asked to pick up their children.

Once the riots began to spread, officials may have worried that any effort to control them would lead to bloodshed that would damage China's image in the build-up to the games.

"When did the governor become our mayor?" But as word of the bankruptcy spread, officials here raced on Friday to assure workers and residents that business was proceeding as usual.

As the news spread, officials from a rival school called Normandy to say they were being bombarded by parents wondering if it was safe to play a scheduled football game.

The outpost idea appears to be spreading: officials from Britain, Ireland, Japan and Finland have asked Swiss House how to set up similar missions.

While a mayoral veto struck down the Cleveland ruling, the overreaction is part of a spreading official backlash against political organizing on new media.

Nor can it be evaluated in isolation, in a complex Arab Muslim society in which the state spreads "official Islam" not only through the media but also via schools and mosques -- and family, friends, political parties, private media, and a range of other elements exercise a powerful influence too.

As noted above, it is not possible to assess the impact of the broadcasts in isolation, given a complex Arab Muslim society in which the state spreads "official Islam" not only through the media but also via schools and mosques -- and family, friends, political parties, private media, and a range of other elements exercise a powerful influence too.

As the virus spread, local officials tried to cover up the problem.