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Recent Examples of virus
Wear masks: All of these respiratory illnesses can be spread through airborne viruses or bacteria particles.
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Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 3 June 2025
If pregnant females do not get vaccinated, infants will lack these antibodies and could then go on to develop severe complications from the virus should they get infected.
—Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
Since the beginning of the year, the CDC has received at least 62 reports of travelers who were contagious with the highly transmissible virus while flying into the U.S. or within the country, a spokesperson for the health agency told CBS News in a statement.
—Paula Cohen, CBS News, 30 May 2025
The protesters, who are HIV-positive, did not conceal their faces — a rare occurrence in a country where the virus is still heavily stigmatized.
—Dánica Coto, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2025
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Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 3 June 2025
If pregnant females do not get vaccinated, infants will lack these antibodies and could then go on to develop severe complications from the virus should they get infected.
—Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
Since the beginning of the year, the CDC has received at least 62 reports of travelers who were contagious with the highly transmissible virus while flying into the U.S. or within the country, a spokesperson for the health agency told CBS News in a statement.
—Paula Cohen, CBS News, 30 May 2025
The protesters, who are HIV-positive, did not conceal their faces — a rare occurrence in a country where the virus is still heavily stigmatized.
—Dánica Coto, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for virus
Noun
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Blood pressure may rise with age, increasing cardiovascular disease risk.—
Anisha Shah,
Verywell Health,
4 June 2025
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Untreated dental disease can even be life threatening, as in the case of Deamonte Driver, who died at age 12 after bacteria spread from an untreated tooth abscess to his brain.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 June 2025
Noun
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Backlash to trans rights had swollen into one of the animating causes of the Republican Party, whose leaders were evangelizing the notion that gender nonconformity was a social contagion that targeted children and threatened to undermine civilization itself.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
22 May 2025
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This season’s climb was burdened after an injury contagion and six red cards.—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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“Virus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/virus. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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