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Over the course of 12 episodes and a sequel special, viewers see the decimation of a kingdom at the hand of a flesh-eating virus, and survivors can only fend off the undead with armor, swords, bows, and arrows.
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Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 26 June 2025
The virus has been circulating the U.S. since January, starting in western Texas.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 26 June 2025
Officials at the Connecticut Mosquito Management Program said mosquitos in Bridgeport tested positive for West Nile virus earlier this month, marking the state’s first detection of the virus this year.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 24 June 2025
McAfee spam and virus protection (starting at $1.39 per month) is also available for email accounts.
—PC Magazine, 24 June 2025
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Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 26 June 2025
The virus has been circulating the U.S. since January, starting in western Texas.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 26 June 2025
Officials at the Connecticut Mosquito Management Program said mosquitos in Bridgeport tested positive for West Nile virus earlier this month, marking the state’s first detection of the virus this year.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 24 June 2025
McAfee spam and virus protection (starting at $1.39 per month) is also available for email accounts.
—PC Magazine, 24 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for virus
Noun
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After Yang was found, Police thanked those who assisted in the search for the missing man, who also has Parkinson’s disease.—
Abigail Adams,
People.com,
28 June 2025
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Do control the Asian psyllid insects with an insecticide spray at each flush of growth to prevent the spread of greening disease.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 June 2025
Noun
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Research shows that emotional contagion isn’t limited to face-to-face encounters.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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His death fixation seems more of a motivation than does Angry Alan’s quasi logic, which grips him through his laptop—even though the director Sam Gold and the video designer Lucy Mackinnon underline these moments of contagion by flooding the stage with a projection of glitching red static.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
13 June 2025
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“Virus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/virus. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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