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Recent Examples of virulent Salvini has directed his most virulent language, however, toward the tens of thousands of migrants and asylum seekers, mostly from Africa, who attempt to reach Italy via the Mediterranean Sea. Ronald Niezen, The Conversation, 29 Jan. 2025 Indeed, in early January, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said none of the vaccines available on the market matched the current virulent strain found in the most recent outbreak. Julie Creswell, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025 No vaccine has yet emerged that perfectly matches the current virulent strain, according to the USDA. Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Jan. 2025 But the notion that Americans must accept a little terrorism and virulent Jew hatred along with their charitable works imposes a false choice on American taxpayers. The Editors, National Review, 9 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for virulent
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Adjective
  • Now, Microsoft has identified a resurfaced malware that has returned after years, equipped with new malicious capabilities, including stealing sensitive information such as digital wallets and data from the legitimate Notes app.
    Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 27 Feb. 2025
  • As the technology behind deepfakes advances, the need to fight their malicious usage has never been greater.
    Rohan Pinto, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • More than 80 women went public with horrific tales of his brutal, coercive and punishing tactics, including launching vicious, career-crippling smear campaigns against those who eluded him, from Mira Sorvino to Ashley Judd.
    Scott Huver, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Rushdie has since spoken out about the stabbing Rushdie, 77, testified in the Chautauqua County, New York trial and detailed the vicious attack that upended his life.
    Alana Wise, NPR, 21 Feb. 2025
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  • Immigration advocates call the crackdown cruel and wrongheaded and warn that many Latino U.S. citizens will likely suffer violations of their civil rights and possibly even get mistakenly deported.
    Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 6 Mar. 2025
  • As mere surrogates, the Trump-DeSantis fight to outdo each other through mean and cruel policies will go on.
    Letters to the Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Mayo tweeted four different screenshots appearing to come from his Instagram direct messages, all expressing hateful words at the transfer guard, following the Jayhawks’ 78-73 defeat to Texas Tech.
    Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 2 Mar. 2025
  • The students were protesting the expulsion of two students who stormed a Columbia University classroom in January and allegedly threw around flyers filled with hateful speech.
    Stepheny Price, Fox News, 28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Poles needs to find difference-makers, nasty offensive linemen, game-wrecking defensive linemen, ravenous pass rushers … again, the Bears have a lot of needs.
    Jon Greenberg, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Meanwhile, Stacey woke up with a nasty hangover from the night prior.
    Abigail Adams, People.com, 25 Feb. 2025

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“Virulent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/virulent. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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