Examples of spate

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In small rivers and streams sudden spates following heavy rainfall will cause major fluctuations in population density and may be an important factor in the dispersal of snails.
In summer, horses could cross the rivers at fords, but in spring these rivers were in spate.
The global seed industry continues to see a spate of mergers and acquisitions.
A spate of important studies was published in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
The past decade has seen a spate of books about country music.
There is no gainsaying that the civilian administration has been concerned with the rising spate of conflicts in the country.
Of the recent spate of feature films set in the eighteenth century, one in particular has marketed itself through its reconstructive credentials.
Given the recent spate of articles on the romance, it can no longer be considered virtually unknown.
The failure of the prosecution must have received widespread coverage for a spate of cases of hop 'pulling' subsequently occurred.
The spate of new legislation imposes a great strain upon the smaller firm.
In literary criticism, the spate of post-structuralist explorations of the indeterminacy of meaning has daunted some of the more ambitious foundationist hopes.
As with the display of flags, a spate of letters was sent to the ministry of home affairs requesting that the song be banned.
The river was in spate at that time.
Following the spate of detailed monographs, it may now be useful to try to put together again a picture of the whole man.
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