11.   If fears spread, there could be further government monitoring of sales of laboratory equipment or possibly even limits on the open publication of pathogen genome sequences.

12.   Indeed, as fear spreads among Republicans that victory is out of reach, the sentiment is not mirrored by overconfidence among Democrats.

13.   She stood up, fear spreading through her with a paralyzing chill.

14.   Still, the fears spread throughout the streets and neighborhoods of immigrant communities.

15.   Technology stock prices fell sharply again on Tuesday as fears spread that a slowing economy will drag down corporate earnings through the end of the year.

16.   Today, fear is spreading to the boundary lines of panic.

17.   Whether or not European fears will spread to America is unclear.

18.   But fear is spreading that the final plan, if it grants amnesty only to Mexicans, may pit one immigrant group against another.

19.   But with the economy mired in its worst recession since World War II, job-security fears are spreading rapidly.

20.   Fear spread as fast as the flames when hundreds of young people celebrating the end of the school year at a disco realized there were no fire exits.