Sentence examples for spread thousands from inspiring English sources

As word of the president's pending resignation spread, thousands of miners, students and Indians crowded the Plaza de San Francisco near the presidential palace, setting off sticks of dynamite and shouting anti-government slogans.

The researchers believe the attack method would allow an intelligence agency "to monitor many implants at the same time at a low cost, with no risk of exposure to their field agents". "State actors typically spread thousands of implants through supply-chain intervention or other methods, but only interrogate a few dozen due to the operational costs and risks involved with signal collection.

The discovery of gold in Northern California in early 1848, then ignited the Gold Rush and, as news of the discovery spread, thousands of adventurers traveled to the area from as far away as Europe, Russia, Argentina and China.

In a stunned Tunisia, as news of the killing spread, thousands poured into the streets in the capital and other cities.

For weeks now, as word has spread, thousands have made the pilgrimage to a desolate corner on Hope Avenue and Madison Street, next to a Route 21 exit ramp, and many are repeat visitors.

When Republicans were seeking to win control of the State House last year, Mr. Romney's political action committee spread thousands of dollars in contributions among candidates for state representative and came to New Hampshire to campaign with some of them, including D. J. Bettencourt, then a 20-something rank-and-file lawmaker with a following among conservative activists here.

Instead, pollution from the 20 million gallons of fuel oil carried by the ship might spread hundreds of miles.

Of course we need people to consume less and innovate low-carbon alternatives – build sustainable farms, invent battery storages, spread zero-waste methods.

"Word has just spread". Two-thirds of PCTs now pay for a 12-week Weight Watchers course for some patients, at £45 a time.

Online traders told the Guardian that ignorance of the law led them to create listings that had spread hundreds of illegal specimens across the country.

The freedom with which it can move plants and the soil in which they are rooted across borders is a classic example of regulatory failure that has over the years spread hundreds of invasive species around the world.