plural pox or poxes
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poxed; poxing; poxes
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Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 4 Oct. 2024
Importing live animals from Greece was banned after a separate disease – goat pox – was detected last October.
—Harriet Marsden, The Week Uk, theweek, 7 Aug. 2024
But then Bacon, now with pox, visits George and asks for one small act of personal vengeance, which George agrees to because MEN.
—Alice Burton, Vulture, 10 May 2024
Many of these voters may simply be casting a pox on both the Justice Department and the defendant.
—Noah Rothman, National Review, 20 Dec. 2023
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Noun
Witnesses recall seeing sufferers with so many pox on their faces that their features were no longer identifiable.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 4 Oct. 2024
Importing live animals from Greece was banned after a separate disease – goat pox – was detected last October.
—Harriet Marsden, The Week Uk, theweek, 7 Aug. 2024
But then Bacon, now with pox, visits George and asks for one small act of personal vengeance, which George agrees to because MEN.
—Alice Burton, Vulture, 10 May 2024
Many of these voters may simply be casting a pox on both the Justice Department and the defendant.
—Noah Rothman, National Review, 20 Dec. 2023
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“Pox.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pox. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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