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A spate of books on the subject have come out recently.
There was a spate of corporate mergers in the 1980s.
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The country increased the alert level in August 2023, after a spate of Quran-burning incidents sparked outrage and triggered protests in many Muslim-majority countries.
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Chantelle Lee, TIME, 7 May 2024
The spate of recent negative news points to the difficulties inherent in making a complicated shift to a still-developing technology.
—Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 May 2024
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Chantelle Lee, TIME, 7 May 2024
The spate of recent negative news points to the difficulties inherent in making a complicated shift to a still-developing technology.
—Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 May 2024
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“Spate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spate. Accessed 10 May. 2024.
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spate
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: a sudden flood or rush
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