as in searches
to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something
the police scoured the city for the Typhoid Mary of this latest epidemic
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as in runs
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diarrhea
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Doses higher than 350 milligrams may increase your risk for side effects like nausea and diarrhea.—
Health,
Health,
28 July 2025 -
There are no vaccines to prevent or medicines to treat West Nile in people, the CDC said, but most infected people do not feel sick and only about 1 in 5 people develop a fever and other symptoms, including headache, body aches, vomiting, diarrhea or rash.—
Molly Gibbs,
Mercury News,
22 July 2025
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“Scour(s).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scour%28s%29. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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