VIRUS Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

virus

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as in disease

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Recent Examples of virus In this book’s scenario, an explosion at the Siberian lab sets loose a virus that has been designed to spread rapidly, deceive medical professionals, and produce a 100% fatality rate. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 19 Aug. 2026 Limited care is resulting in more deaths Experts believe the virus began spreading from the mining town of Mongbwalu as early as February, months before authorities declared the outbreak on May 15. — Chinedu Asadu, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026 The outbreak involves a strain of the virus called Bundibugyo, for which there is no licensed vaccine or specific treatment. — Nahid Bhadelia, The Conversation, 19 Aug. 2026 And Hiller is Emmy-nominated this year for his guest role of Larry in another Apple TV show, Pluribus — Vince Gilligan’s drama series about a mind-melding pandemic starring Rhea Seehorn as its virus-immune lead. — Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for virus

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Those enrolled have experienced CLBP due to degenerative disc disease (DDD) for less than five years.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 19 Aug. 2026
Prices of the precious commodity have swung dramatically from one season to the next, particularly as issues such as climate change, water scarcity and pest and disease pressures persist.

— Sam Meredith, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026

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Its crisis – along with those of other property giants – has been at the heart of a wider Chinese real-estate shock that has tested the world’s second-largest economy and threatened to spark a global contagion effect.

— Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
Many countries will benefit from similar hedgehog strategies that draw on the technological revolution favoring defense, insulating their territories against contagion.

— Mark Leonard, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026

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