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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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With no antibiotics in the field, the infection turned necrotic.—
Carol Guzy,
NPR,
22 Feb. 2026
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In rare cases, people can go on to develop dangerous brain inflammation seven to 10 years after a measles infection.—
Erika Edwards,
NBC news,
21 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Weekly activity levels are based on the rate of doctor’s visits for flu-like illness.—
Koko Nakajima,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
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The Prebys Foundation gave a $125,000 grant to San Diego nonprofit Resounding Joy to provide music therapy to homebound older adults fighting critical illnesses who are receiving meals from local nonprofit Mama’s Kitchen.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Feb. 2026
Noun
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As hotel values in 2025 rose in Southern California, a slump in Northern California showed a decline that suggests the market remains weighed down by a host of economic maladies, a new report shows.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
10 Feb. 2026
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More marketers of health and wellness products and services came to the Super Bowl to tout weight loss pills, telehealth services and even getting consumers to take tests that might identify potential maladies.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
8 Feb. 2026
Noun
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But forward Ty Dellandrea, San Jose’s only other player on IR, is still considered weeks away from a return from a lower-body ailment.—
Curtis Pashelka,
Mercury News,
22 Feb. 2026
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But in addition to Romy Gonzalez, whose lingering shoulder ailment from last season will likely keep him from the Opening Day roster, the Red Sox have 2020 Gold Glove winner Brendan Rodgers in camp on a minor league deal, and the switch-hitting utility-man Nick Sogard.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
21 Feb. 2026
Noun
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This can also help keep sickness at bay, as a healthier gut microbiome is linked to better immune function, according to Wright.—
Kirsten Nunez,
Martha Stewart,
20 Feb. 2026
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On top of the sickness running through the team, the Huskies are also managing a slew of minor injuries.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
19 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Hadick remembers scrolling through Twitter as the contagion spread.—
Leo Schwartz,
Fortune,
17 Feb. 2026
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Still, while Burry warns of fallout, crypto’s footprint remains too small to trigger broad contagion.—
Bloomberg,
Oc Register,
4 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The more kinds of plants, the more defenses to fend off the blights and insect infestations that ran unobstructed through landowners’ large mono-crop fields.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Feb. 2026
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The Sunshine State is still a huge producer of citrus, despite decades of struggles with blight, fungus, and commercial development.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Southern Living,
18 Feb. 2026
Noun
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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 23 Feb. 2026.
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