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as in disease
an abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning
before the days of modern medicine, when death remained a mystery, people said that someone died of a fever and left it at that
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as in frenzy
a state of wildly excited activity or emotion
in the fever of a political campaign a lot of things get said that never should have been said
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Recent Examples of fever
The first installation at LACMA’s David Geffen Galleries is a revisionist fever dream, writes guest contributor Leah Ollman.
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Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Sign up for Euphoria Club, a newsletter overanalyzing season three of Sam Levinson’s HBO fever dream, for subscribers only.
—Zoe Papelis, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2026
Measles symptoms include a high fever, cough, runny nose, watery eyes, and a flat red rash that usually begins on the face then spreads downward, health officials say.
—Katie Houlis, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
Measles can also cause a high fever, cough, pneumonia, swelling of the brain (encephalitis) and death.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
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Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Sign up for Euphoria Club, a newsletter overanalyzing season three of Sam Levinson’s HBO fever dream, for subscribers only.
—Zoe Papelis, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2026
Measles symptoms include a high fever, cough, runny nose, watery eyes, and a flat red rash that usually begins on the face then spreads downward, health officials say.
—Katie Houlis, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
Measles can also cause a high fever, cough, pneumonia, swelling of the brain (encephalitis) and death.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fever
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The proposal would burden doctors with giving parents a highly detailed consent statement to be prepared by boards of medicine and osteopathic medicine, and forbid health authorities to order vaccinations during outbreaks of familiar or new deadly diseases.—
Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 Apr. 2026
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Overall, about half of children with the disease are infected during birth, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia said, while others caught it from family members.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
PEOPLE,
29 Apr. 2026
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The novel delivers all the frenzy of a gold rush with rhythmic, hypnotic prose.—
Kat Chen,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Apr. 2026
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Look at the frenzy of activity on Thursday night.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
24 Apr. 2026
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Gauff battled an apparent illness during the Madrid Open, even taking a medical timeout in the Round of 32 over the weekend.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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Symptoms of vitamin D deficiency can include fatigue, muscle weakness, frequent illness and low mood.—
Allison Palmer,
Kansas City Star,
30 Apr. 2026
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Prosecutors say the gunman, disguised as a police officer, began his rampage by shooting Hoffman and his wife, then stopped at the residences of two other lawmakers who weren't home.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 Apr. 2026
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But the Gunslinger’s murderous rampage is a symptom of a larger problem.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
23 Apr. 2026
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Manager Craig Counsell described this hamstring strain as mild, explaining Thielbar said this is a less-severe version of the ailment.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Apr. 2026
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Lee awkwardly slid into home and banged up his quad in the process, a minor ailment that resulted in him being lifted from the game in the eighth inning.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
24 Apr. 2026
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And this one guy at this one firm can't solve all of his industry's ills.—
Sam Yellowhorse Kesler,
NPR,
8 Apr. 2026
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Even as professional coders are becoming increasingly enthusiastic about the power of AI coding tools, many end users still see them as a boogeyman to instantly blame for any and all observed ills in the tech industry.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
7 Apr. 2026
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The bill would repeal a law that now denies absentee ballots to any voter who cannot attest to being unable to vote in person due to sickness, disability, absence, military service, religious conflicts or being an elections worker.—
Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
24 Apr. 2026
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Fears of sickness, of strange lumps and unexplained bleeding.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Fever.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fever. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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