: to infect with a pox and especially with syphilis
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An overarching concern for all involved is that more such communications will come out that will prove a pox on everyone’s houses, so to speak.—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025 Both conditions are caused by viruses closely associated with squirrels, although squirrel pox is more common among red squirrels typically in the United Kingdom.—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025 Squirrel disease spreading outdoors Some suspected the squirrels carried squirrel pox, a rare virus in the US that often kills red squirrels.—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2025 Well, is that not the flamenco dress calling the chicken-pox patient spotted?—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pox
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