pox

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Recent Examples on the Web 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. 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 See all Example Sentences for pox 

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“Pox.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pox. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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