bio·weap·on | \ ˈbī-ō-ˌwe-pən 
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Examples of bioweapon in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web Shortly into the current pandemic, the U.S. State Department issued a report saying that Russia, China, and Iran — a natural axis — were putting out a line: The coronavirus is an American bioweapon.
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Jay Nordlinger, National Review, "Dezinformatsiya," 5 Oct. 2020 Newell does not believe that the coronavirus is a hoax, or a bioweapon created by the Chinese government.
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Nina Jankowicz, The Atlantic, "How an Anti-Shutdown Celebrity Is Made," 3 Oct. 2020 Some QAnon followers have suggested that the pandemic was a Chinese bioweapon or that its eruption was designed in part by Democrats to derail Trump's reelection chances.
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Nathan Bomey, USA TODAY, "Debunked QAnon conspiracy theories are seeping into mainstream social media. Don't be fooled.," 18 Sep. 2020 These theories contended that the virus was not part of a natural spillover, but a bioweapon created in a Chinese lab.
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Gaia Squarci, Smithsonian Magazine, "The Virus Hunters," 10 Aug. 2020 Other baseless theories and hoaxes have alleged that the virus isn’t real or that it’s a bioweapon created by the U.S. or its adversaries.
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David Klepper, The Christian Science Monitor, "How a vocal minority is keeping coronavirus hoaxes alive," 30 July 2020 In wake of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Congress appropriated $6 billion to buy antidotes to bioweapons and the medical supplies the country would need in public health disasters.
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Aaron C. Davis, Anchorage Daily News, "In the early days of the pandemic, the U.S. government turned down an offer to manufacture millions of N95 masks in America," 9 May 2020 In government and academia, experts have ruled out the notion that it was concocted as a bioweapon.
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Adam Goldman, New York Times, "Trump Officials Are Said to Press Spies to Link Virus and Wuhan Labs," 30 Apr. 2020 One conspiracy theory researchers identified online suggested coronavirus is a bioweapon created by China's government and transmitted by Chinese people.
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Madeline Holcombe, CNN, "NYC launches team to combat coronavirus discrimination," 22 Apr. 2020
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nounbio·weap·on | \ ˈbī-ō-ˌwep-ən \
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