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Recent Examples of pox
The pox formed everywhere on a person’s body — their eyes, down their throat, and across their skin.
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Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 4 Oct. 2024
After two weeks, the pox usually began to scab.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 4 Oct. 2024
Witnesses recall seeing sufferers with so many pox on their faces that their features were no longer identifiable.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 4 Oct. 2024
If the brown spots in question have a pox-like look instead of being in a single area of the leaf, they’re probably caused by too little humidity.
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Nov. 2024
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Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 4 Oct. 2024
After two weeks, the pox usually began to scab.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 4 Oct. 2024
Witnesses recall seeing sufferers with so many pox on their faces that their features were no longer identifiable.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 4 Oct. 2024
If the brown spots in question have a pox-like look instead of being in a single area of the leaf, they’re probably caused by too little humidity.
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pox
Noun
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Read more What People Think Opinions related to business and economic issues submitted to The Hill: Trump needs black magic for his voodoo economics to work Don’t be misled about what’s driving our budget deficit You’re all caught up.—
Aris Folley,
The Hill,
7 Apr. 2025
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The profusion of memes turned Harambe into a sort of internet folk hero, but Vance is no innocent zoo animal; the images of the Vice-President function more like voodoo dolls, casting vengeful spells from afar.—
Kyle Chayka,
The New Yorker,
26 Mar. 2025
Noun
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After turning undead and hiding her bite wound, Mary easily gets permission to re-enter the building, and quickly seduces Stack, before murdering him and infecting him with the vampire curse.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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Maybe that’s more blessing than curse in our age of baldly allegorical horror movies.—
A.A. Dowd,
Rolling Stone,
17 Apr. 2025
Noun
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His sole Premier League appearance came against Manchester City nearly four years later and his career has included loan spells with Lincoln City, Peterborough United, MK Dons and Rotherham United.—
Roshane Thomas,
New York Times,
23 Apr. 2025
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The company's manifesto unabashedly promotes the tool as an aid to cheating and likens its arrival to inventions like calculators, spell checkers, and Google.—
Jibin Joseph,
PC Magazine,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Pox.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pox. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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