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Noun
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Almost all the animals euthanized in 2025 had behavioral or health issues, including biting, aggression or contagious diseases that presented a danger to other pets in the shelter.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacbee.com,
9 Apr. 2026 -
Bird flu was to blame for elevated retail prices during the first five months of 2025, and the course of the highly contagious disease is a big reason why prices are much lower now.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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At the time, there was no valve in existence that would help drain water from the brain without causing infection.—
Elisabeth Garber-Paul,
Rolling Stone,
19 Apr. 2026
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Consider that before universal newborn protection against hepatitis B began in 1991, about 18,000 children contracted the virus yearly, nearly all developing lifelong infection that led to premature death in a quarter of them from cirrhosis or liver cancer.—
Professor David R. Hill,
Hartford Courant,
17 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Lettuce farmers experienced a similar problem in February during California and Arizona’s peak growing season, when warmer weather and a plant-eating virus destroyed crops, according to the AFBF.—
Vanessa Yurkevich,
CNN Money,
17 Apr. 2026
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Consider that before universal newborn protection against hepatitis B began in 1991, about 18,000 children contracted the virus yearly, nearly all developing lifelong infection that led to premature death in a quarter of them from cirrhosis or liver cancer.—
Professor David R. Hill,
Hartford Courant,
17 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Dysphoria is not a social contagion.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
1 Apr. 2026
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For fear of contagion, the hospital staff housed him in a storage shed.—
Peter Wayne Moe,
Longreads,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Contagium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contagium. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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