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Examples of hoof-and-mouth disease in a Sentence
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There are seven types of hoof-and-mouth disease and more than 60 subtypes or strains.
—Cnn Editorial Research, CNN, 27 May 2021
Before 2020, the service had reportedly been interrupted just twice: during World War II and in the 1920s during an outbreak of hoof-and-mouth disease.
—Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2021
It must not be allowed to spread like hoof-and-mouth disease, across the nation.
—Johnny Miller, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Jan. 2018
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Word History
First Known Use
1884, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of hoof-and-mouth disease was
in 1884
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“Hoof-and-mouth disease.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hoof-and-mouth%20disease. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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