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Recent Examples of Synonyms for immunizing
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The incident underscored growing tensions between health officials enforcing strict Ebola containment measures and local customs surrounding funerals and burial rites.—
Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
22 May 2026 -
The flotilla, involving nearly 500 activists from 45 countries, revives questions over enforcing blockades in international waters amid Gaza’s deepening humanitarian crisis and a fragile, frequently violated ceasefire.—
Suzan Fraser,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2026
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In addiction treatment, encouraging emotional attachment to an algorithm risks reinforcing the very patterns of avoidance and substitution that sustain addiction.—
Steve D. Klein,
STAT,
14 May 2026
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Measures seen as defensive in Tokyo or Manila are invariably interpreted in Beijing as offensive—reinforcing, rather than easing, cycles of suspicion.—
Yu Jie,
Time,
13 May 2026
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The answer to bolstering power grids is not just to build more high-voltage transmission lines.—
Fangxing Fran Li,
The Conversation,
27 May 2026
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Some hope that incoming dollars associated with fees paid by Nebius, the company behind a $150 billion hyperscale data center under construction, will support the city’s growth by bolstering the two-district school system active in Independence.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
27 May 2026
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Veteran starter Lucas Giolito joined the organization last week, buttressing a shallow rotation.—
Dennis Lin,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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The competition with China will hinge not on mimicking Beijing’s methods but on buttressing the core strengths of the United States.—
LAEL BRAINARD,
Foreign Affairs,
10 Nov. 2025
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Soaps had become Mary’s panacea, inuring her to her everyday hardships.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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The passage leads them to discuss the challenges of adapting Morrison’s novels for film, the power of evoking the inexplicable, and the influence of African folk tales on Morrison’s work.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 May 2026
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At Variety, Bolies will be the publication’s lead reporter for AI, delivering news, analysis and features about the biggest players in the AI industry and about how Hollywood is adapting to the rise of the most significant advancement in computing technology in a generation.—
William Earl,
Variety,
26 May 2026
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Shoppers are paying today's prices for food because of pressures and policies that are raising the costs of energy, labor, transportation and commodities – not refrigerant upgrade costs that grocers were bracing for down the road, Dalheimer said.—
Betty Lin-Fisher,
USA Today,
23 May 2026
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The continent is nonetheless bracing for a potential wider US troop drawdown expected to be announced as early as today, Politico reported.—
Jeronimo Gonzalez,
semafor.com,
22 May 2026
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The California Office of Spill Prevention and Response said Sunday that crews were making progress at strengthening measures to contain the oil during cleanup and recovery.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
27 May 2026
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During this procedure, collagen strands are cross-linked together, strengthening the cornea.—
Neelam Patadia,
The Conversation,
27 May 2026
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“Immunizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immunizing. Accessed 28 May. 2026.
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