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.
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JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
17 Oct. 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.
In the fourth inning, the Bronx voodoo swirled in the night sky.
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Chris Kirschner,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
This poor dude is stuck taking over his father’s — a father who left when Frank was 2 — New Orleans restaurant when one of the employees puts a voodoo spell over him.
Based on Gege Akutami’s manga, the film follows Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru, two sorcerers tasked with protecting Amanai Riko, a student chosen as the Star Plasma Vessel, while being pursued by curse users and a religious cult.
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Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
20 Oct. 2025
The Machine is both an old idea and a modern curse.
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