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Noun
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Infection is rapid, causing swellings in the lymph nodes (buboes) and leading to septicaemia and pulmonary infection.—
Matthew Binnicker,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
Noun
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This was an early morning brawl that left hair scattered across the floor and welts upon at least one of the heads, although there were likely more.—
Sean Joseph OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
20 Apr. 2026
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Temperature swings, from a hot shower or very cold air, may intensify or cause the formation of new welts.—
Zia Sherrell,
Health,
7 Mar. 2026
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The 36-year-old has dealt with lower-body aches and pains throughout his Yankees tenure, and the tennis elbows that forced him to miss the first few months of the 2025 season still require maintenance.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
28 Apr. 2026
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Mary Jannotta sliced meat and cheese behind deli counters at Acme and Pathmark supermarkets in the Philadelphia suburbs for decades, developing aches that came with working on her feet.—
Craig R. McCoy,
CNN Money,
24 Apr. 2026
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Feerick took pains to explain that Section 4 is not designed to be a tool used by an opposition party to remove a President.—
Diego Lasarte,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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The results came so fast that the normal MLS growing pains — the ugly nights, the roster strain, the tactical doubt, the emotional drag of losing — seemed to skip San Diego entirely.—
Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 May 2026
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“Sores.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sores. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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