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Recent Examples of pox
Rodgers, Griffith, and others last week asked that one of Fauci’s deputies, a longtime pox researcher, sit for an interview on controversial pathogen research.
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Sarah Owermohle, STAT, 7 June 2023
After five to seven days, all the pox will be dry scabs, which means the child is no longer contagious.
—Parents Editors, Parents, 3 Sep. 2023
Symptoms of monkeypox infection include fever, muscle pain and a rash or pox-like blisters.
—Annabelle Timsit, Washington Post, 28 July 2022
Brazen tanking has been a pox on the NBA over the last decade, to the point where the league changed the playoff format and the draft lottery rules to disincentivize it.
—Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 17 May 2023
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Sarah Owermohle, STAT, 7 June 2023
After five to seven days, all the pox will be dry scabs, which means the child is no longer contagious.
—Parents Editors, Parents, 3 Sep. 2023
Symptoms of monkeypox infection include fever, muscle pain and a rash or pox-like blisters.
—Annabelle Timsit, Washington Post, 28 July 2022
Brazen tanking has been a pox on the NBA over the last decade, to the point where the league changed the playoff format and the draft lottery rules to disincentivize it.
—Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 17 May 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pox
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Everything's hot and muggy, and there's voodoo and magic and booze and music permeating the air.Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 6 Dec. 2024
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Sadly, few major countries have performed worse than the United States, whose president has routinely flouted such elementary imperatives as wearing masks, respecting science, trusting the public health leadership, and not promoting voodoo cures.Larry Diamond, Foreign Affairs, 13 June 2020
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Financial Education Is Wealth The third-generation wealth curse often befalls families where younger generations, especially grandchildren, are detached from how their predecessors went about building wealth.Next Avenue, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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For high-achieving professionals, especially those who are naturally more sensitive and perceptive, emotional investment in work can be both a blessing and a curse.Melody Wilding, Contributor, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024
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These trivia quizzes challenge your knowledge of the magical world of spells, creatures, and artifacts.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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Intel used every trick in its spell book but even that wasn't enough.Caroline Reid, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Pox.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pox. Accessed 24 Dec. 2024.
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