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Recent Examples of pathogenic
Bird flu, also known as highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), is caused by a virus that can result in serious illness and death in birds and mammals.
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Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
But there is reason to continue worrying about the birds’ future, too: New Zealand is bracing for a highly pathogenic strain of bird flu.
—New York Times, 25 July 2025
Little is known about ancient entomopathogenic fungi due to the scarcity of fossils that display typical pathogenic structures on their hosts, according to the paper.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 14 July 2025
Why Do a Tick Check? Ticks transmit diseases to humans by feeding on the blood of infected animals and contracting pathogenic bacteria, viruses, or parasites.
—Julia Ries, Health, 25 June 2025
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Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
But there is reason to continue worrying about the birds’ future, too: New Zealand is bracing for a highly pathogenic strain of bird flu.
—New York Times, 25 July 2025
Little is known about ancient entomopathogenic fungi due to the scarcity of fossils that display typical pathogenic structures on their hosts, according to the paper.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 14 July 2025
Why Do a Tick Check? Ticks transmit diseases to humans by feeding on the blood of infected animals and contracting pathogenic bacteria, viruses, or parasites.
—Julia Ries, Health, 25 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pathogenic
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His provisional cause of death was given as multi-organ failure due to infective endocarditis, a rare infection of the inner lining or valves of the heart.—
Daniel Taylor,
The Athletic,
26 Feb. 2025
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On July 30, Ray updated her fans again, revealing her diagnosis of infective endocarditis, a severe heart infection.—
Jessica Lynch,
Billboard,
31 July 2024
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No one in the White House is in charge of leading the country through the potential next hit from an infectious agent, which could be more deadly than if somebody launched a physical war against us on our own shores.—
Alice Park,
Time,
29 Sep. 2025
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Originally featuring Bad Bunny and J Balvin, the song brought the crowd to a fever pitch, with its high energy and infectious beat closing out her set in true Cardi style.—
Isabela Raygoza,
Billboard,
28 Sep. 2025
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Here are three major red flags that your boss is embracing toxic positivity.—
Mita Mallick,
Big Think,
30 Sep. 2025
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In Möbius strip fashion, Gein grows obsessed with crime — and the toxic blooming of his obsession into murder goes on to enthrall the world.—
Daniel D'Addario,
Variety,
30 Sep. 2025
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Here a book worth considering is ‘From third world to first’ - Lee Kwan Yew's first person story of transforming Singapore from a pestilential swamp into a metropolis.—
Mike O'Sullivan,
Forbes,
17 Dec. 2024
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But life back then was pretty sketchy and precarious even without pestilential rats running around, unbound.—
Scott LaFee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 July 2023
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Hendryx also said the move would lead to more environmental destruction, more local air and water pollution from mining sites, more pollution from power plants, more harmful contributions to climate change emissions, and other negative impacts.—
John Feng,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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The lack of structure could have harmful consequences for kids in the long run.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
1 Oct. 2025
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Powell County paramedic Eddie Barnes and one of his team members were called to the Kentucky Reptile Zoo in May after the zoo’s co-director, James Harrison, was bitten by a poisonous mamba snake, local news outlet LEX 18 reported.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
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Rather than allowing herself to be captured by the Romans, legend has it that Cleopatra let a poisonous asp bite her in Alexandria, according to the documentary.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
26 Sep. 2025
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The internet being the internet, however, some fans had correctly guessed this twist was coming after sharing Harcourt’s observation about the population’s whiteness — matched with the fact that on the main Earth, Auggie was a virulent white supremacist known as the White Dragon.—
Adam B. Vary,
Variety,
26 Sep. 2025
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West, who has a history of virulent antisemitism, was dropped by his talent agent in February following one of his antisemitic rants.—
Ilana Kaplan,
PEOPLE,
19 Sep. 2025
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There is no predicting what joke might set off this particular malignant narcissist in chief, so really, who’s to say who is next?—
Lizz Winstead,
Time,
27 Sep. 2025
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Isabella received her diagnosis in October 2023 and underwent emergency surgery to remove a large medulloblastoma — a type of malignant tumor — in her cerebellum.—
Vanessa Etienne,
PEOPLE,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Pathogenic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pathogenic. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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