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On Wednesday, San Diego County Public Health Services launched its own wastewater infectious disease surveillance system, publishing weekly data on SARS-CoV-2, influenza A and B and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, with plans to expand to M-pox, hepatitis A and measles in the near future.
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Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
For instance, in the Florida Keys, the discovery that a bacterium found in human wastewater was behind white pox disease in elkhorn coral led to sewage system upgrades.
—JSTOR Daily, 17 Oct. 2025
An overarching concern for all involved is that more such communications will come out that will prove a pox on everyone’s houses, so to speak.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
Both conditions are caused by viruses closely associated with squirrels, although squirrel pox is more common among red squirrels typically in the United Kingdom.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
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Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
For instance, in the Florida Keys, the discovery that a bacterium found in human wastewater was behind white pox disease in elkhorn coral led to sewage system upgrades.
—JSTOR Daily, 17 Oct. 2025
An overarching concern for all involved is that more such communications will come out that will prove a pox on everyone’s houses, so to speak.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
Both conditions are caused by viruses closely associated with squirrels, although squirrel pox is more common among red squirrels typically in the United Kingdom.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pox
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And in one of Fennell’s wildest edits, pure-hearted girl next door Isabella Linton (Alison Oliver) becomes a scary-horny savant à la Emma Stone in Poor Things, with a fabulous voodoo dollhouse and a questionably consensual taste for S&M.—
Anna Gaca,
Pitchfork,
20 Feb. 2026
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The polygraph is voodoo science.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
22 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The rise of the gig economy and remote work has finally broken the cubicle curse, giving us the freedom to answer emails from a mountain cabin or run a startup from a beachside bistro.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
6 Mar. 2026
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Pay multiple people from the crafts site Etsy to perform tarot readings, lift any existing curses and otherwise engage in witchcraft.—
Tyler Estep,
AJC.com,
4 Mar. 2026
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Rastrick also had a spell at the Professional Game Academy Audit Company (PGAAC) as leadership and management auditor.—
Patrick Boyland,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Davis played through foul trouble, too, sitting for spells after collecting four infractions.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Pox.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pox. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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