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Recent Examples of virus
The virus spread quickly in the high-density areas, where social distancing was nearly impossible.
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IEEE Spectrum, 2 Apr. 2026
It was collected for testing and on Wednesday, the county's Public Health Department confirmed that the bat tested positive for the rabies virus, police said.
—Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
Babies sick with the virus were forcibly separated from their parents and piled into cribs in crowded wards.
—Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2026
Despite this, experts still recommend getting the vaccine as doing so can reduce the chance of hospitalization and death from the virus.
—Devika Rao, TheWeek, 1 Apr. 2026
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IEEE Spectrum, 2 Apr. 2026
It was collected for testing and on Wednesday, the county's Public Health Department confirmed that the bat tested positive for the rabies virus, police said.
—Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
Babies sick with the virus were forcibly separated from their parents and piled into cribs in crowded wards.
—Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2026
Despite this, experts still recommend getting the vaccine as doing so can reduce the chance of hospitalization and death from the virus.
—Devika Rao, TheWeek, 1 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for virus
Noun
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Eventually an eye infection took her to a doctor who diagnosed her with an autoimmune disease.—
Madeline Mitchell,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
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Scientists were searching for a new breed of pear tree resistant to a nasty fungus called fire blight, a disease that can decimate crops.—
John Tufts,
IndyStar,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Dysphoria is not a social contagion.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
1 Apr. 2026
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Other analysts have also flagged potential contagion risks around underlying exposures to the Iran war.—
Joseph Wilkins,
CNBC,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Virus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/virus. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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