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spate [speıt] N Brit

Usage examples with spate

a spate of traffic accidents
大量交通事故

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The success of the video served as a launchpad for a spate of bands and artists across the country.
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The spate of attacks left at least 25 dead and some 115 injured.
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In spate irrigation, water is diverted from normally dry river beds when the river is in spate.
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She is cleared of all wrongdoing when it is discovered that beer, not food, is responsible for a spate of stomach upsets.
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I liked it and recommend it to anyone who enjoys a spate of efficient indignation, graphic description, excellent narrative, excitement, and irony tempered with vitriol.
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But a spate of disappearances has sent the city into a panic, and some suspect the famous diminutive artist.
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They split up acrimoniously in 1988 after a spate of betrayal and infighting during a tour.
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The pictures triggered a spate of investigations and the removal from office of those involved.
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A stir was caused in 1044 when two kings, in some dispute over the bell, went on spates of prisoner taking and cattle theft.
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Hotels were searched by police, and a spate of confessions were made by retired and current riders.
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