How to Use coronavirus in a Sentence
coronavirus
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The coronavirus has been a shifty foe, with new variants and subvariants rapidly evolving to evade vaccines and treatments.
— oregonlive, 7 Dec. 2022 -
Indeed, childhood vaccinations have taken a hit since the arrival of the coronavirus.
— Karen Kaplanscience and Medicine Editor dec. 13, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2022 -
And many students got into financial trouble during the pandemic when their work-study jobs were cut because of the coronavirus.
— Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 7 Dec. 2022 -
The coronavirus, on the other hand, is primarily transmitted through the air — namely when an infected person coughs or sneezes.
— Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2022 -
Daly also added a heartfelt thank you to healthcare professionals for their help in delivering Goldie as well as in fighting the coronavirus.
— Sophie Dodd, Peoplemag, 7 Dec. 2022 -
State workplace regulators on Thursdaypassed a new set of rules that companies must follow to slow the spread of the coronavirus in work settings.
— Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Dec. 2022 -
The coronavirus itself also remains a scourge: Officials at the event required attendees to wear masks amid an alarming rise in case numbers in the city.
— Katie Rogers, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2022 -
Holiday celebrations and pandemic fatigue stand in the way of some of the most effective precautions to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
— Jenna Portnoy, Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2022 -
Chevron made the deal when crude prices were down more than 30% in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
— Michelle Chapman, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Oct. 2023 -
But, as the couple prepared to open the doors for the first time, the country was still in the very first stages of the coronavirus pandemic.
— Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 23 May 2024 -
The 2024 Summer Games will be the first to take place out from under the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic.
— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 11 May 2023 -
The sign on the door is not a holdover from some earlier stage of the coronavirus pandemic.
— Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 14 Apr. 2023 -
Anti-Asian hate crimes decreased for the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
— Josh Feldman, NBC News, 29 Oct. 2023 -
Soon after Helms came to the US in 2019, the world largely shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic.
— Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 20 May 2024 -
But the latest coronavirus variants can evade the drug.
— Emily Mullin, WIRED, 8 Feb. 2023 -
In 2020, as the world shut down because of the coronavirus pandemic, Mx.
— Alix Strauss, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2024 -
Stay informed about coronavirus rates in the area and be prepared to adapt if needed.
— Andy Kessler, WSJ, 5 Mar. 2023 -
The election is the first since the U.K. left the European Union in early 2020 and since the coronavirus pandemic.
— Jack Birle, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 1 July 2024 -
The 31-year-old dreads the thought of the payments, which have been on pause since the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, resuming.
— Chris Quintana, USA TODAY, 10 May 2023 -
The show skidded off track in 2020 — canceled at the last minute because of the coronavirus outbreak — and had been stalled until now.
— James Brooks and Jamey Keaten, Quartz, 26 Feb. 2024 -
And, because of coronavirus [lockdowns], these guys grew their hair for two years.
— Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 2 Mar. 2023 -
In early 2020, when the coronavirus was still a distant concern, my wife and I booked an AirAsia flight to Bali.
— Mac Schwerin, The Atlantic, 14 June 2023 -
The 2020 London Marathon was held on a closed-loop course because of the coronavirus pandemic.
— John Powers, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Apr. 2023 -
In the fall of 2020, before the United States presidential election, the world was still in the thick of the coronavirus pandemic.
— Lauretta Charlton, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2024 -
That huge census project was meant to take place in 2021, but was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic, and has been stalled ever since.
— Rhea Mogul, CNN, 21 Sep. 2023 -
The concept was introduced to Neville by Pharrell four years ago amid the prime of the coronavirus pandemic.
— Ime Ekpo, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024 -
At one point, Sayfullo Saipov pulled his coronavirus mask away from his face to wipe around his eyes as his father cried.
— Larry Neumeister, ajc, 23 Feb. 2023 -
Moran plans to wear an N95 mask on the plane, skip indoor restaurants and pack coronavirus tests and the antiviral treatment Paxlovid in her suitcase.
— Fenit Nirappil, Aara'l Yarber and Sheila Regan, Anchorage Daily News, 25 June 2023 -
But as new challenges have emerged — the coronavirus pandemic, election denialism, water availability and other issues — supervisors have been forced to the forefront of political conversation in Arizona.
— Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 19 Oct. 2024 -
The fraud, which took place at a time during the coronavirus pandemic when government funds flowed freely with minimal oversight, now has produced a total of 70 indictments and brought about new government controls around grant dollars.
— Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 20 Oct. 2024
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