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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
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Ketamine therapy’s most common short-term side effects are dizziness and nausea, but in extreme cases, long-term, heavy use of ketamine is associated with memory problems, gastrointestinal issues, and urinary tract infections, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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Once doctors cleared out the infection, an ambulance took him back to Menninger to complete his treatment.—
Duaa Eldeib,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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Defensive end Keion White is out with an illness, leading to more playing time for veteran Anfernee Jennings and rookie Elijah Ponder.—
Doug Kyed,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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State health officials will add flu data to its respiratory virus dashboard during the fall flu season, and in the mean time the agency recommends everyone over 6 months of age should stay up to date on COVID-19 vaccinations to protect against severe illness and current variants.—
Brooke Baitinger,
Sacbee.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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There are no easy fixes to these societal maladies.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2025
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Minze Health, a developer of digital diagnostic and therapeutic devices for urology maladies, announced Thomas Moore as president and chief executive officer, based in the Twin Cities.—
Pioneer Press,
Twin Cities,
7 Sep. 2025
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Practitioners and patients alike have realized that there is no magical pill that treats all ailments for everyone.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Quarterback Brock Purdy has shoulder and toe ailments and will sit out at least the next two games.—
Robert Marvi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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But without it, millions more are at risk for death, sickness and migration, Fletcher said.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
15 Sep. 2025
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When a person is gravely ill, they’re often forced to fight two battles, one against their sickness and the other against the insurance company.—
Duaa Eldeib,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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Both also blamed those who were not responsible, traded in the language of contagions and moral certitude, and believed that controlling the medium could solve the problem — or, at the very least, not deepen the problem further.—
Kevin Dickinson,
Big Think,
2 Sep. 2025
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The work catalogues minor and major mass contagions, from the seventeenth-century tulip mania in the Netherlands to the California telephone illness of 1984, in which eighty employees at a telephone operator facility suddenly fell ill after a coworker claimed to smell toxic fumes.—
Christy Lange,
Artforum,
1 Sep. 2025
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Block by Block When Duggan took office in 2014, Detroit was drowning in blight.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
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Set in the future, Earth has been struck by a global crop blight.—
Regina G. Barber,
NPR,
9 Sep. 2025
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The young men naturally start out strongly, but exhaustion, physical infirmities and psychological stress eventually take their toll on them one by one.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Sep. 2025
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The governor skillfully countered attacks from Republicans and conservative media regarding Biden’s mental infirmity and physical limitations.—
Matt Klink,
Oc Register,
28 May 2025
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“Murrain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/murrain. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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