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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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Sharma said that the presence of fever suggests a viral infection, such as a cold or the flu.—
Robbie Owens,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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This matters because chronically high blood sugar levels can impair immune cell function and weaken the body’s ability to fight infection, Shah says.—
Kirsten Nunez,
Martha Stewart,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Pets could be impacted Additionally, products contaminated with filth, rodent excreta, and rodent urine may cause illness in the animals that consume the food or humans that are in contact with the products.—
Cheryl V. Jackson,
IndyStar,
29 Jan. 2026
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Kim Wood, the NFL's first full-time strength and conditioning coach, died Tuesday after battling a brief illness.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The hotel industry’s woes are a reminder that significant segments of the Bay Area economy have yet to fully recover from the after-effects of the maladies unleashed by the coronavirus outbreak.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
15 Jan. 2026
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Since being diagnosed with a number of maladies over the years, including hypothyroidism, leaky gut and a gluten intolerance, McCarthy has been on a quest to put better things not only in her body but on her body.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Galen concocted medicines that seem strange to modern ears, such as treating ailments like inflammation with feces sprinkled with thyme to mask the odor.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
31 Jan. 2026
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Spillane also left Sunday’s game with his ankle ailment.—
Doug Kyed,
Boston Herald,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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That sickness felt like a plague Wednesday as Auburn shot 39 of them on 26 Texas fouls.—
Cedric Golden,
Austin American Statesman,
30 Jan. 2026
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Like absolutely everything in this movie, that sickness is repeated across the other parts of the story, as Thorn is wounded by a fall and Claire’s non-character of a mom falls ill from movie cancer.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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There are also a couple of hints that the fate of Europe’s Jews is part of the prevailing atmosphere of unmentionable moral contagion.—
Christopher Tayler,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Regulatory gridlock and defective CDC tests stalled surveillance, allowing the contagion to spread unchecked for six crucial weeks.—
Jennifer W. Tsai,
STAT,
18 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Summer jobs for teens, blight reduction, and green spaces have all been linked to lower crime rates.—
Henry Grabar,
The Atlantic,
21 Jan. 2026
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The architecture and design magazine selected the city due to its revitalization of historic buildings, population growth, and blight removal in recent years, according to Wallpaper*.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
13 Jan. 2026
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Those are the words Dr. James Parkinson used in an essay more than 200 years ago to group together symptoms and describe a mysterious infirmity afflicting six individuals in London.—
Andrea Kane,
CNN Money,
9 Dec. 2025
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Their income is limited, because of age or infirmity.—
Dan Horn,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Murrain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/murrain. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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