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While both adults and children can get it, children under 1 year old are most likely to suffer serious illness or death as a result of contracting whooping cough, according to the CDC.
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Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2025
Arenado will most likely be traded at the trade deadline and with Cubs rookie third baseman Matt Shaw struggling to get going, a trade between the division rivals for Arenado could benefit Chicago greatly and allow Shaw to take a backseat to one of the game's greatest third basemen of all-time.
—Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025
And today’s business leader is, most likely, the person best positioned to help the company survive—and even thrive—despite economic uncertainty.
—Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Prickly pears stashed in the engine compartment is the work of a rodent, most likely a rat.
—Joan Morris, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2025
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Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2025
Arenado will most likely be traded at the trade deadline and with Cubs rookie third baseman Matt Shaw struggling to get going, a trade between the division rivals for Arenado could benefit Chicago greatly and allow Shaw to take a backseat to one of the game's greatest third basemen of all-time.
—Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025
And today’s business leader is, most likely, the person best positioned to help the company survive—and even thrive—despite economic uncertainty.
—Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Prickly pears stashed in the engine compartment is the work of a rodent, most likely a rat.
—Joan Morris, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2025
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“Most likely.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/most%20likely. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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