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Recent Examples of fever My hair fell out, my mouth filled with sores, and the overnight fevers were outrageous. Noor Hassan, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2025 After incessant nose bleeds, unrelenting fever, and debilitating pain and fatigue, Joey is diagnosed with leprosy, now known as Hansen’s Disease. Oc Register, 20 June 2025 Consuming food contaminated with listeria can lead to a serious infection called listeriosis, which can cause fever, muscle aches, headache, a stiff neck and other symptoms. Anne Marie D. Lee, CBS News, 18 June 2025 Typical symptoms include respiratory issues such as cough and sore throat, as well as systemic issues like fever and fatigue. Paula Cohen, CBS News, 13 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for fever
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Noun
  • After Yang was found, Police thanked those who assisted in the search for the missing man, who also has Parkinson’s disease.
    Abigail Adams, People.com, 28 June 2025
  • Do control the Asian psyllid insects with an insecticide spray at each flush of growth to prevent the spread of greening disease.
    Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 June 2025
Noun
  • With Bush at the helm, fingers flying up and down the neck of his mandolin, the 73-year-old stirred the crowd into a frenzy.
    Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2025
  • Meanwhile, Bradley, playing in front of his home crowd, sent the place into a frenzy.
    Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 June 2025
Noun
  • But then there are the rare illnesses that produce truly violent forces.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 27 June 2025
  • No chronic illness, no prescription medications, normal blood work and all that in my physical exams.
    Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • Vance Boelter, who faces several charges in the deadly shooting of a Minnesota Democrat lawmaker and her husband, targeted four different lawmakers during his rampage, acting U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Thompson said during a press conference Monday.
    Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025
  • Scores of shocked people gathered near the scene of the crime to observe a minute of silence 24 hours after the rampage in the city of Graz, mourning the victims of one of the worst school shootings in the country’s history.
    Frederik Pleitgen, CNN Money, 11 June 2025
Noun
  • In Eastern medicine, the fruit, seeds and tree leaves are used to treat a variety of ailments, including coughs and inflammation.
    Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2025
  • Meanwhile, the Thunder’s ailment in this one was turnovers.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • Sly Stone fused joyful visions of the country with a deep understanding of its worst ills.
    James Parker, The Atlantic, 12 June 2025
  • Many of the societal ills described by RFK Jr. in his public statements — and this report — are indeed concerning.
    Christina Smith, Baltimore Sun, 9 June 2025
Noun
  • Stewart blamed a lingering sickness for the cancellation.
    Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 7 June 2025
  • Women patients and doctors, including New York City physician Grace Peckham, successfully argued that the rest cure was not only quack medicine but more harmful to patients than the nervous sickness itself.
    Time, Time, 3 June 2025

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“Fever.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fever. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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