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[Laurence Horn]

> On Sep 5, 2016, at 7:16 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> CNN senior international correspondent:
> 
> "[The ISIS trio was] fanning out all across of Europe."
> 
> Spoken with confidence.
> 
> Infl. by "outside of" ?
> 
Or an online blend of "all across Europe" with "across all of Europe"

LH

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