pox

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Recent Examples of pox Squirrel disease spreading outdoors Some suspected the squirrels carried squirrel pox, a rare virus in the US that often kills red squirrels. Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2025 Well, is that not the flamenco dress calling the chicken-pox patient spotted? Brian Moylan, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025 The Obama-era vegetable push was a pox on the nation; now veggies are back in all their green glory. Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2025 In 2017, a new brand, Siglo Cero, became the first commercial pox bottling to enter the U.S., says Briggs, whose firm is helping bring it across the border. Ryan Craggs, Travel + Leisure, 12 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pox
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Noun
  • Instead of voodoo shops and witches potions, there was free family-friendly events and merchanside proceeds being given to local scholarships.
    Sam Woodward, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
  • With good reason, as the history of this Louisiana city is filled with lore of witchcraft, voodoo, and even vampires.
    Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Based on Gege Akutami’s manga, the film follows Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru, two sorcerers tasked with protecting Amanai Riko, a student chosen as the Star Plasma Vessel, while being pursued by curse users and a religious cult.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The Machine is both an old idea and a modern curse.
    Cal Revely-Calder, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Instead of croquet games or slam books, the four teen girls of The Craft use spells to help get through their adolescent angst.
    Gwen Ihnat, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Can Joan save the spell’s unwilling host from irreversible damage?
    Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 18 Oct. 2025

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“Pox.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pox. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.

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