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Recent Examples of murrain
Otherwise nature is outraged, floods will again sweep the land and murrains strike our cattle.
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Dan Bilefsky, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2016
Dan Bilefsky, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for murrain
Noun
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And routine industry practices such as branding and ear tagging leave the animals vulnerable to screwworm infection.—
Sarah Zhang,
The Atlantic,
27 May 2025
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The narrative centers on Joel (Pedro Pascal), a hardened survivor, and Ellie (Bella Ramsey), a teenage girl who is immune to the infection.—
Samantha Stutsman,
People.com,
26 May 2025
Noun
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With this move, the FDA will limit the vaccine’s availability later this year to older adults and those who may be at risk of severe illness, Reuters reported.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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Most people recover without treatment, however, in rare circumstances, infection can produce more severe illness and require hospitalization.—
Meghan Overdeep,
Southern Living,
22 May 2025
Noun
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When a surgeon, Lee Seung-hui, is summoned to treat the king’s maladies, his cures go terribly wrong, and the surgeon’s assistant, Dan-i, is killed.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
3 May 2025
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According to the American Heart Association, the malady ranks among the highest contributors to global deaths from cardiovascular disease.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
15 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The Incas had advanced calendars and ceramics as well, and perfected a type of neurosurgery, likely to treat skull wounds suffered in battle, among other ailments.—
Sam Kean,
The Atlantic,
26 May 2025
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The death was attributed to a liver ailment, which veterans said had nothing to do with Siwash’s fondness for beer.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2025
Noun
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Luther is shown struggling with a sickness early in the movie.—
Tommy McArdle,
People.com,
23 May 2025
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Organic materials like wood and oil that don’t fully burn can leave polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons — or PAHs — which can harm the immune system and cause sickness in the short term and cancer in the long term.—
Noah Haggerty,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2025
Noun
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These restrictions, in place for four decades, didn’t end the associations of immigrants and disease, but these connections were overshadowed for a time by the fear of political contagion: communism became the new communicable disease.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Jan. 2025
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Fear of political caprice masquerading as strategy, of a trade war metastasizing into financial contagion, and of a world where traditional safe havens—currencies, institutions, alliances—no longer offer much safety at all.—
Mohammed Soliman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In March 2024, Hard Rock and Gary Mayor Eddie Melton also announced a $3 million donation to help revitalize downtown Gary, which was directly put towards blight elimination in the Metro Transit Development District in the Broadway corridor.—
Maya Wilkins,
Chicago Tribune,
22 May 2025
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Its restaurant opens only for special events and the Tenderloin’s crime and blight persist.—
Christopher Reynolds,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2025
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The decision of Democrats to ignore Biden’s infirmity and boost him in 2024 looked risky at the time.—
Michael Graham,
Boston Herald,
21 May 2025
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This decision, framed by loyalty and political considerations, obscured the president’s infirmity at a moment of pivotal international consequence.—
Richard Menger MD MPA,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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“Murrain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/murrain. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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