| span globe | 2.04 | Other tours span the globe. | ||
| span continent | 1.58 | Their empire once spanned several continents. | ||
| span generation | 1.45 | It spans generations. | ||
| span spectrum | 1.18 | Participants span the spectrum of opinion. | ||
| span country | 1.12 | The lopsided races span the country. | ||
| span river | 0.99 | A bridge spans the river. | ||
| span decade | 0.92 | Their businesses have spanned many decades. | ||
| span border | 0.53 | Some peoples span the border. | ||
| span range | 0.46 | On Sunday, talks spanned a range of topics, including poverty, officials said. | ||
| span area | 0.39 | The consortium envisions a complex spanning an area equal to two football fields placed side by side, housing a crew of seven. | ||
| span century | 0.39 | All consuming self-absorption spans the centuries. | ||
| span age | 0.33 | Of course, the no-no that spans the ages is food in class, always disruptive. | ||
| span history | 0.33 | These span European history from the Neolithic period to modern times. | ||
| span length | 0.33 | We have one that spans the length of our house. | ||
| span most | 0.33 | Born in Buffalo, Ms. Marchand had a career that spanned most of TV history. | ||
| span width | 0.33 | The concert stage spans the width of the room at the far east end. | ||
| span world | 0.33 | The class got its second chance through a grass-roots campaign that spans the world. | ||
| span year | 0.33 | But the delay may span years. | ||
| span crack | 0.26 | The paint could not span those cracks, so it cracked as well. | ||
| span era | 0.26 | They spanned two eras of the game in this country, the rising superstar and the old caddie. |