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Discover LudwigThe phrase "spread tensions" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English
It refers to the act of causing or increasing tensions or animosity among people or groups. You can use it to describe a situation where someone or something is causing conflicts or arguments between individuals or communities. For example: - The politician's divisive rhetoric only served to spread tensions among the already divided population. - The protest march turned violent, spreading tensions between the police and the demonstrators. - Rumors about layoffs at the company began to spread tensions among the employees. - The decision to close the public park caused widespread outrage and spread tensions between the community and the local government.
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At points on Thursday, as news of the effort to pass a ban spread, tensions flared.
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But in a sign of spreading tensions, Muslim leaders across Myanmar said they would not celebrate the important Muslim holiday of Id al-Adha, partly out of security concerns and partly to protest what they view as discrimination against Muslims in the west.
He's not against a sturdy arrangement idea: in the down-and-out narrative "Wavering Lines," a string section creeps in and methodically spreads tension; in "Coming Through," he remonstrates over an anachronistic soul-band chug.
Sounding in public, it "spreads tension to all those within earshot, yet because it's not for them, they're powerless to answer the call," said Dr. Sadie Plant, a researcher in Birmingham, England, who was commissioned by Motorola to study cultural differences in cellphone use.
"With deeply intertwined fiscal and financial problems, failure to undertake decisive action could rapidly spread the tensions to the core of the euro areas and result in large global spillovers," the fund said.
"With deeply intertwined fiscal and financial problems, failure to undertake decisive action could rapidly spread the tensions to the core of the euro areas and result in large global spillovers," the I.M.F. said.
"With deeply intertwined fiscal and financial problems, failure to undertake decisive action could rapidly spread the tensions to the core of the euro area and result in large global spillovers … a disorderly outcome cannot be excluded".
But though the UN-sponsored Special Tribunal for Lebanon has yet to convene or to charge anyone for the crimes, the impending trial threatens not only to reignite a firestorm in Lebanon, but also to spread sectarian tensions across the Middle East and to vex relations even more between the region's big adversaries, Iran and the United States.
This is a state policy, a regime policy, spreading sectarian tensions.
"We have to ensure this does not spread ethnic tension," he said, alluding to the fact that the villagers are mainly of East Indian heritage and the gang members suspected of attacking them are black.
In action, the pulleys vary gearing according to force, altering their spread and tension on the chain almost infinitely, yielding a remarkably smooth power transfer.
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