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On Wednesday, San Diego County Public Health Services launched its own wastewater infectious disease surveillance system, publishing weekly data on SARS-CoV-2, influenza A and B and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, with plans to expand to M-pox, hepatitis A and measles in the near future.
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Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
For instance, in the Florida Keys, the discovery that a bacterium found in human wastewater was behind white pox disease in elkhorn coral led to sewage system upgrades.
—JSTOR Daily, 17 Oct. 2025
An overarching concern for all involved is that more such communications will come out that will prove a pox on everyone’s houses, so to speak.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
Both conditions are caused by viruses closely associated with squirrels, although squirrel pox is more common among red squirrels typically in the United Kingdom.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
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Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
For instance, in the Florida Keys, the discovery that a bacterium found in human wastewater was behind white pox disease in elkhorn coral led to sewage system upgrades.
—JSTOR Daily, 17 Oct. 2025
An overarching concern for all involved is that more such communications will come out that will prove a pox on everyone’s houses, so to speak.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
Both conditions are caused by viruses closely associated with squirrels, although squirrel pox is more common among red squirrels typically in the United Kingdom.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pox
Noun
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Anything that, say, the cultish brand Supreme stamped its blocky logo on—a brick, a voodoo doll, a functional fire extinguisher—and issued as a drop became an overnight fetish object.—
Ellen Cushing,
The Atlantic,
10 Mar. 2026
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And in one of Fennell’s wildest edits, pure-hearted girl next door Isabella Linton (Alison Oliver) becomes a scary-horny savant à la Emma Stone in Poor Things, with a fabulous voodoo dollhouse and a questionably consensual taste for S&M.—
Anna Gaca,
Pitchfork,
20 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The family curse was alive and well.—
Jennifer Wolfgram,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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Too much focus went on growing the club as a financial juggernaut and investing in the stadium, which went from being their savior to their curse.—
Joe Prince-Wright,
NBC news,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Fortunately, the hot spell will not come with a widespread risk of fire weather thanks to the record-breaking soaking the Southland endured over the holiday season and the lack of significant winds.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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Laporta has proven campaign experience both from the world of soccer and also from a brief spell when he was elected to Catalonia’s regional parliament between his stints as club president.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Pox.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pox. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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