Examples of biowarfare in a Sentence
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Some conspiracy theories even alleged that the global humanitarian programs were a cover for biowarfare research or that USAID’s funding enriched a few elites who control the world, but those claims were outside the mainstream.
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Elizabeth Both,
NBC News,
7 Feb. 2025
Researchers determined that the SARS-CoV-2 virus emerged from horseshoe bats rather than a biowarfare lab, and generally agreed that pangolins, rather than snakes, were the likely intermediary carriers, although some support was voiced for turtles.
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Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,
Harper's Magazine,
25 May 2020
These are core military functions, particularly in terms of biowarfare and biodefense.
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James Stavridis,
Time,
23 Mar. 2020
In the United States, meanwhile, a China expert suggested that the virus was linked to China’s biowarfare program.
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Yanzhong Huang,
Foreign Affairs,
5 Mar. 2020
But even more than the treaty, biowarfare has been held back by the fact that biological weapons have been difficult to develop, deploy, and — should they be used — control.
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Joshua Keating,
Vox,
7 Dec. 2018
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Elizabeth Both,
NBC News,
7 Feb. 2025
Researchers determined that the SARS-CoV-2 virus emerged from horseshoe bats rather than a biowarfare lab, and generally agreed that pangolins, rather than snakes, were the likely intermediary carriers, although some support was voiced for turtles.
—
Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,
Harper's Magazine,
25 May 2020
These are core military functions, particularly in terms of biowarfare and biodefense.
—
James Stavridis,
Time,
23 Mar. 2020
In the United States, meanwhile, a China expert suggested that the virus was linked to China’s biowarfare program.
—
Yanzhong Huang,
Foreign Affairs,
5 Mar. 2020
But even more than the treaty, biowarfare has been held back by the fact that biological weapons have been difficult to develop, deploy, and — should they be used — control.
—
Joshua Keating,
Vox,
7 Dec. 2018
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“Biowarfare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/biowarfare. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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