1
as in flurries
a sudden and usually temporary growth of activity
there was an immediate outbreak of paper shuffling and a pretense of work when the supervisor passed through the room
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as in uprisings
open fighting against authority (as one's own government)
the government quelled the outbreak with ruthless efficiency
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Separately, norovirus outbreaks can also spring from food that was contaminated at the source and that’s often eaten raw, like shellfish harvested from virus-laden water or produce washed with it.
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Maggie O'Neill, SELF, 6 Jan. 2025
All 50 states have outbreaks in poultry, and 16 states have outbreaks in cattle.
—ABC News, 5 Jan. 2025
Cohen and others published a study last month attributing the cold outbreaks partly to changes from an Arctic that is warming four times faster than the rest of the globe.
—CBS News, 4 Jan. 2025
On January 2, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued its fourth oyster recall in three weeks, reflecting an alarming increase in norovirus outbreaks across the nation.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
This creates a dangerous cycle where public health risks multiply, and licensed vendors are wrongly blamed for any resulting outbreaks of foodborne illness.
—John Murn, New York Daily News, 4 Jan. 2025
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued its fourth oyster recall in three weeks, reflecting an alarming increase in norovirus outbreaks across the nation.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
What to know after back-to-back outbreaks.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
Officials said this amounts to a multi-year multistate investigation because of previous listeria outbreaks connected to Rizo-López Foods in 2021 and 2017, with cases dating back to 2014.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 23 Dec. 2024
Maggie O'Neill, SELF, 6 Jan. 2025
All 50 states have outbreaks in poultry, and 16 states have outbreaks in cattle.
—ABC News, 5 Jan. 2025
Cohen and others published a study last month attributing the cold outbreaks partly to changes from an Arctic that is warming four times faster than the rest of the globe.
—CBS News, 4 Jan. 2025
On January 2, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued its fourth oyster recall in three weeks, reflecting an alarming increase in norovirus outbreaks across the nation.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
This creates a dangerous cycle where public health risks multiply, and licensed vendors are wrongly blamed for any resulting outbreaks of foodborne illness.
—John Murn, New York Daily News, 4 Jan. 2025
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued its fourth oyster recall in three weeks, reflecting an alarming increase in norovirus outbreaks across the nation.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
What to know after back-to-back outbreaks.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
Officials said this amounts to a multi-year multistate investigation because of previous listeria outbreaks connected to Rizo-López Foods in 2021 and 2017, with cases dating back to 2014.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Outbreaks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outbreaks. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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