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Recent Examples of pox
Many of these voters may simply be casting a pox on both the Justice Department and the defendant.
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Noah Rothman, National Review, 20 Dec. 2023
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
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Noah Rothman, National Review, 20 Dec. 2023
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pox
Noun
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The victims, many of them elderly, were accused of using voodoo to harm the gang leader’s son.—
Azhar Fateh,
Fox News,
15 Jan. 2025
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This poor dude is stuck taking over his father’s — a father who left when Frank was 2 — New Orleans restaurant when one of the employees puts a voodoo spell over him.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
27 June 2024
Noun
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And anyone who believed in curses was gaining some evidence.—
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
19 Jan. 2025
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Cubs fan sabotages his own team and extends the most infamous curse in MLB history During Game 6 of the 2003 National League Division vs. the then-Florida Marlins, Chicago Cubs fan Steve Bartman reached out and grabbed a ball that could have been caught.—
Jackson Thompson,
Fox News,
17 Jan. 2025
Noun
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According to the National Weather Service (NWS), the cold spell brought Chicago's air temperature down to a bone-chilling minus 15 degrees Fahrenheit on January 21.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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While there is no magic spell to eliminate identity fraud entirely, enhanced address verification can significantly bolster your defenses against it.—
Rob Heidenreich,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Pox.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pox. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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