1.   An alarming spate of bombings has caused widespread panic.

2.   News that the claims might be true set off widespread panic.

3.   The earthquake caused widespread panic.

4.   In Paris there was widespread panic, as officials awaited a new Operation Resurrection to evict from power the man whom the original operation had aimed to install.

5.   But because it spread with exponential speed, it caused electronic mail congestion and stoppages around the country and led to widespread panic in corporate offices.

6.   If the terrorists thought they would trigger a widespread panic, they failed.

7.   Many left in the widespread panic over news of the massacre in the Arab village of Dier Yassin.

8.   Nearly a century ago, the House of Morgan and its founder, J. Pierpont Morgan, preserved the American financial system in the midst of a widespread panic.

9.   No widespread panic was reported, in fact.

10.   Opponents fear that if a catastrophic event occurred at Indian Point there would be widespread panic in the region.