Corruption is widespread in the government of many countries.
AIDS is now widespread in the world.
Reports of atrocities are now widespread in the former British colony.
Support for the Opposition party has become widespread as a result of recent government
scandals.
Reports suggest damage is widespread as a result of the flood.
Mickey Mouse gained widespread popularity soon after he appeared in a short cartoon entitled "Steamboat Willy".
Drug abuse is a widespread problem in North America.
Cyril Northcote Parkinson once
said that the chief product of an automated society is a widespread and deepening sense of boredom.
In 1739, nearly 500,000 people died in Ireland due to the widespread crop failure of potatoes.
There have been widespread calls for the governor to resign as a result of this latest
scandal.
Monaco's fame as a popular tourist destination is widespread.
According to the U.S. Public Health Service, nicotine addiction is the most widespread example of drug dependence in that country.
There has been a widespread migration of people to the urban centers of Iraq over the past 50 years.
Violent demonstrations and murders were widespread in South Africa as it moved toward democratic elections in 1994.
Spanish accounts from the 1500s described the widespread use of liquid chocolate among the Maya, who consumed it with most meals.
Military rule is widespread in countries in which the army is frequently called upon to restore order.
Concern for French-language protection and promotion is widespread in the province of Quebec.
Since 1993, some 200,000 people have been killed in Burundi due to widespread ethnic violence.
The widespread Asian economic difficulties in 1998 hit the trade-dependent economy of Hong Kong quite hard, with GDP down 5%.
Medical experts warn that the only effective method of controlling widespread HIV transmission is to prevent risk-taking behavior.
The drum came into widespread use in Europe around the twelfth century, chiefly to keep time for singing and dancing.