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distemper

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Recent Examples of distemper
Noun
Raccoons can transmit diseases like rabies, distemper and parvovirus to other animals and humans. Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 19 Aug. 2025 Outbreaks of distemper have devastated county animal shelters in Arizona and often lead to weeks- or months-long recovery processes. Mary Jo Pitzl, AZCentral.com, 14 Aug. 2025 The clinic will provide cat and dog rabies and distemper vaccines and cat, dog and rabbit microchips and registration. Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025 According to Wild Thang's contestant bio, the distemper prevented his teeth from growing in, which causes his tongue to stay out. Erin Clack, People.com, 10 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for distemper
Recent Examples of Synonyms for distemper
Noun
  • This isn’t the first study to suggest the importance of breakfast for living a long life—research has shown that regularly eating a morning meal is linked with lower overall and heart-related mortality (and that bypassing it can up your heart-disease risk).
    Erica Sloan, SELF, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Yet America’s system is transactional, rewarding affluence while neglecting the very conditions that produce disease.
    Stan Chu Ilo, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • China's nuclear arsenal has especially alarmed Washington and its allies.
    Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The tackling was alarming enough that the Broncos were practicing on Monday with live tackles, something that’s not seen too often once the season starts.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 1 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • His illness has limited him to light catch play over the past few days, and the shift in plans meant some slight alterations to his routine, which Ireton ran through with club security.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Some are clearly seismic, like bereavement, illness or war.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Recent downgrades by ratings agencies Fitch and Moody’s have raised questions on Afreximbank’s lending, especially to distressed African states.
    Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • You might be rightfully distressed that the AI has opted to serve as a co-conspirator in the crafting and extension of the delusional thinking.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But Kelce injured his knee during that preseason, an ailment initially diagnosed as a bone bruise.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Nick Herbig is also questionable due to a hamstring ailment.
    James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Vic and Cali hadn’t wanted a wedding, but this had disturbed Vic’s parents.
    Bryan Washington, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Two players take on the roles of a brother and sister who are searching for their missing buddies on an island inhabited by some rather disturbing monsters.
    Joshua Lamb, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • One dares to hope that Hollywood, for all its current ills, may finally be turning a corner, reverting back to when new ideas were held at a premium.
    Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
  • In their assessments, desegregation and the passage of time have cured all of America’s racial ills.
    Time, Time, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The acting didn’t bother me, but the directing did.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
  • If the odds of winning the lottery are so low, why do people bother playing?
    Charles Trepany, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025

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“Distemper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distemper. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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