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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
Instead, she was given IV fluids, acetaminophen (brand name: Tylenol) for her fever and an anxiety drug.
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David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 18 May 2025
Although minor side effects including injection site pain, aching, fever and chills are common for up to a few days after receiving a COVID-19 shot, serious adverse effects are exceedingly rare.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 15 May 2025
Symptoms of salmonella include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, cramps and fever, and generally begin 12 to 72 hours after eating contaminated food, according to the county.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2025
Symptoms of measles include a fever, rash, cough, fatigue, runny nose and red eyes.
—Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
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David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 18 May 2025
Although minor side effects including injection site pain, aching, fever and chills are common for up to a few days after receiving a COVID-19 shot, serious adverse effects are exceedingly rare.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 15 May 2025
Symptoms of salmonella include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, cramps and fever, and generally begin 12 to 72 hours after eating contaminated food, according to the county.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2025
Symptoms of measles include a fever, rash, cough, fatigue, runny nose and red eyes.
—Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fever
Noun
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Besides being nuisances, many types carry diseases including West Nile virus, encephalitis, and canine heartworm.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
11 May 2025
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Minnesota newborns will soon be screened for a disease that can lead to delays in developmental milestones, regression of skills, seizures and in some cases death.—
Kristi Miller,
Twin Cities,
10 May 2025
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The dampened investor mood over AI — relative to the frenzy over the theme in 2024, at least — doesn’t reflect the priorities of companies, which are still spending on AI infrastructure and leveraging the technology to find new revenue streams.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
21 May 2025
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Today’s tariff frenzy is not really motivated by a concern for military threats, anyway.—
Ben Bayer,
Oc Register,
19 May 2025
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With this move, the FDA will limit the vaccine’s availability later this year to older adults and those who may be at risk of severe illness, Reuters reported.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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Most people recover without treatment, however, in rare circumstances, infection can produce more severe illness and require hospitalization.—
Meghan Overdeep,
Southern Living,
22 May 2025
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Authorities in North Carolina on April 28 were investigating a shooting rampage on the campus of Elizabeth City State University that left one person dead and six injured.—
John Bacon,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2025
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The change in position underscores the hardened perspective toward the agency under the Trump administration following allegations by Israel that some of the agency staff was involved in the Hamas rampage.—
Eric Tucker,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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The threadbare plot is set in motion when Tesfaye’s screen-self (henceforth referred to as Abel) loses his voice while touring, a real-life incident forced here into heavy-handed metaphor as an existential ailment symptomatic of his deeper issues with himself and women.—
Charles Bramesco,
IndieWire,
15 May 2025
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Djokovic struggled with his fitness and had a reputation for pulling out of matches with various ailments.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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On one level, this flurry of proposals to ills that have been festering in California and domestically for years is more posturing than problem solving.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
5 May 2025
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Protectionists presented tariffs as the essential policy to quicken the development of manufactures as well as a remedy to the social ills that afflicted the emerging industrial working class.—
Made by History,
Time,
28 Apr. 2025
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Gin Gins Ginger Candy $15 at Amazon Motion sickness can strike without warning, especially during turbulent flights or bumpy car rides.—
Rosie Marder,
Travel + Leisure,
9 May 2025
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Indicative of periods of stress, sickness, and malnutrition, these signs suggest that the majority of corpses buried at Ca’ Granda came from the poorer classes of Milan, confirming that the hospital’s treatments were truly available to all.—
Sam Walters,
Discover Magazine,
5 May 2025
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“Fever.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fever. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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