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Symptoms may still appear up to two weeks after first contracting the virus, health officials say.
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Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2026
Measles spread through the air when an infected person breathes, talks, coughs or sneezes, and the virus can stay in the air and on surfaces for many hours, the Los Angeles County public health department said.
—Paris Barraza, USA Today, 18 June 2026
The final months were fraught and painful as their parents argued about how the virus had been introduced into their household and worried about what would happen as their condition worsened.
—Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 18 June 2026
According to reporting by The New York Times, protesters accuse Kenyan officials of bowing to Trump at the expense of allowing a deadly virus into the country, accepting Americans that America itself refuses to take in.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 12 June 2026
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Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2026
Measles spread through the air when an infected person breathes, talks, coughs or sneezes, and the virus can stay in the air and on surfaces for many hours, the Los Angeles County public health department said.
—Paris Barraza, USA Today, 18 June 2026
The final months were fraught and painful as their parents argued about how the virus had been introduced into their household and worried about what would happen as their condition worsened.
—Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 18 June 2026
According to reporting by The New York Times, protesters accuse Kenyan officials of bowing to Trump at the expense of allowing a deadly virus into the country, accepting Americans that America itself refuses to take in.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 12 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for virus
Noun
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An investigation revealed that the horse was suffering from multiple diseases and was a decade older than his driver had initially reported, according to the organization.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
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Those who have been vaccinated or previously had measles are likely protected against the disease.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
Noun
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Once unleashed, as a native of Salem would surely understand, that contagion can be hard to contain.—
John Swansburg,
The Atlantic,
15 June 2026
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The tech contagion spread to stocks in Asia, dragging key indexes lower.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
5 June 2026
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“Virus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/virus. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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