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as in disease
an abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning
before the days of modern medicine, when death remained a mystery, people said that someone died of a fever and left it at that
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as in frenzy
a state of wildly excited activity or emotion
in the fever of a political campaign a lot of things get said that never should have been said
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Recent Examples of fever
Three years later, our second baby got a fever and had to go to an emergency room in Park Slope.
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Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2025
Listeriosis can cause fever, muscle aches, headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance and convulsions sometimes preceded by diarrhea or other gastrointestinal symptoms.
—Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 27 Jan. 2025
Watson posits that both women have songbird fever from handling dead birds killed by Erica’s cat.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 26 Jan. 2025
Medical records showed that in the days after the injury, Ben was lethargic and had a persistent fever.
—Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 18 Jan. 2025
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Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2025
Listeriosis can cause fever, muscle aches, headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance and convulsions sometimes preceded by diarrhea or other gastrointestinal symptoms.
—Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 27 Jan. 2025
Watson posits that both women have songbird fever from handling dead birds killed by Erica’s cat.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 26 Jan. 2025
Medical records showed that in the days after the injury, Ben was lethargic and had a persistent fever.
—Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 18 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fever
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The cobra, once a symbol of nature’s awe-inspiring grandeur, became a casualty of war, its life ended not by natural predators or disease, but by humanity’s conflict.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Primary care physicians and urologists—specialists in urinary tract health and diseases affecting the reproductive system—typically conduct an evaluation and make a diagnosis.—
Mark Gurarie,
Health,
23 Jan. 2025
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The announcement left the basketball world reeling, as the magnitude of the swap sent social media into a frenzy, with reactions ranging from disbelief to heated debate.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
2 Feb. 2025
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Both stocks in recent months finally eclipsed their prior frothy record high set in the frenzy of the 2021 rally in unprofitable tech.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
1 Feb. 2025
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Young kids with long COVID more likely to have headaches while teens struggle with fatigue: Study Long COVID most often occurs in people who had severe illness, but anyone can develop the condition, according to the CDC.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
3 Feb. 2025
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Missing doctor appointments, forgetting to take medications, and struggling to navigate the health-care system can make existing illnesses worse.—
Yasmin Tayag,
The Atlantic,
3 Feb. 2025
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Guerrilla Games, the franchise's creator, is reportedly developing a multiplayer Horizon game that has survived Sony's recent rampage on live service games.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
21 Jan. 2025
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There has also been a rise in attacks on Palestinians by Jewish extremists — including a rampage in two Palestinian villages overnight Monday — and Palestinian attacks on Israelis.—
Melanie Lidman and Aref Tufaha,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Jan. 2025
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Levy provided no details about the nature of the mayor’s ailments.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
27 Jan. 2025
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Here are 5 things to know At the same time, BMI alone has long been known to be a major risk factor for the development of serious chronic ailments.—
Faye Chiu,
CNN,
24 Jan. 2025
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The Sharks were without forwards Tyler Toffoli (lower body) and Nico Sturm (lower body) and defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic (ill) on Tuesday.—
Curtis Pashelka,
The Mercury News,
22 Jan. 2025
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With billions of people worldwide accessing their services, platforms such as Meta’s Facebook and Instagram have a responsibility to ensure that users are not harmed by consumer fraud, hate speech, misinformation or other online ills.—
Anjana Susarla,
The Conversation,
15 Jan. 2025
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The program will grant them access to insurance for sickness and maternity, work risks, disability and life, retirement, and for severance in advanced age and old age.—
Fernanda González,
WIRED,
22 Jan. 2025
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Outside, in the buttery December sunlight, Rowan and Amelia vowed to cherish each other always, in sickness and in health, in poverty and wealth.—
Becca Andrews,
Them,
13 Jan. 2025
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“Fever.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fever. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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