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Recent Examples of murrain
Otherwise nature is outraged, floods will again sweep the land and murrains strike our cattle.
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Dan Bilefsky, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2016
Dan Bilefsky, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for murrain
Noun
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Experts attributed that rise to a rebound in RSV and flu infections.—
Mike Stobbe,
Los Angeles Times,
22 June 2026
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Crop rotation can also help reduce the incidence of infection in the garden, however the fungal spores can survive many years in the soil, so a long rotation of 4 to 6 years is necessary.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
21 June 2026
Noun
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Symptoms include a rash, which can appear three to five days after onset of illness, cough, runny nose and red and watery eyes, as well as a fever that can be higher than 101 degrees.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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Peterson missed 11 games in 2026-27 because of illness or cramping and asked out of several other contests.—
Gary Bedore
June 18,
Kansas City Star,
19 June 2026
Noun
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Amodei, however, remained optimistic about AI's impact on humanity and its ability, for instance, to cure medical maladies.—
Mason Leath,
ABC News,
11 June 2026
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Many business leaders like OpenAI CEO Sam Altman argue companies are AI washing, or using the technology as an apt justification for layoffs when in reality, they’re enacted due to another underlying budgetary malady.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
29 May 2026
Noun
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Worth noting Right-hander Tyler Mahle is scheduled to return from his left hamstring ailment and start on Wednesday against the Athletics, per Vitello.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
20 June 2026
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Interest in kratom surged in the last couple of years as users have reported consuming the compound in the form of a pill, powder or tea to treat various ailments.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
Noun
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God had never mandated sickness for His image and likeness, and I could not be fooled into feeling the effects of what was simply an unreal suggestion coming to thought.—
Reece Schaberg,
Christian Science Monitor,
18 June 2026
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That is a genuine cultural sickness.—
The Atlantic,
The Atlantic,
16 June 2026
Noun
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Once unleashed, as a native of Salem would surely understand, that contagion can be hard to contain.—
John Swansburg,
The Atlantic,
15 June 2026
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The tech contagion spread to stocks in Asia, dragging key indexes lower.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
5 June 2026
Noun
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Ziller plans to go to the State Budget Committee on Thursday to ask for a series of payments to which the state is obligated, including $3 million for the Gary blight elimination program.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
16 June 2026
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Inspector Manuel Duarte declared that blight still affected it as of March 12.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
16 June 2026
Noun
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And by that, researchers mean methods to drastically reduce the amount of illness and infirmity that currently afflict people in old age.—
John Ramos,
CBS News,
3 May 2026
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Colette, Mark Twain, and William Wordsworth all wrote habitually from bed, for reasons having to do with infirmity, comfort, and warding off distraction; Frida Kahlo painted self-portraits from bed, including the dreams that transcended her physical confinement.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Murrain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/murrain. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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