plural pox or poxes
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poxed; poxing; poxes
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JSTOR Daily, 17 Oct. 2025
Spirits can be swirled and sipped as is, or transformed into studied cocktails like a zingy, earthy corn sour with elote mezcal, corn liqueur, corn whiskey, and a smoky Mayan liquor called pox.
—The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
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
That’s why squirrel fibromatosis is also known as squirrel pox.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
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For instance, in the Florida Keys, the discovery that a bacterium found in human wastewater was behind white pox disease in elkhorn coral led to sewage system upgrades.
—JSTOR Daily, 17 Oct. 2025
Spirits can be swirled and sipped as is, or transformed into studied cocktails like a zingy, earthy corn sour with elote mezcal, corn liqueur, corn whiskey, and a smoky Mayan liquor called pox.
—The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
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
That’s why squirrel fibromatosis is also known as squirrel pox.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for pox
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“Pox.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pox. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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