How to Use waterborne in a Sentence

waterborne

adjective
  • In the wake of the tragedy, the Marines suspended all waterborne operations of its decades-old AAV fleet.
    Andrew Dyer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2021
  • Some schools do not have the budget to test for Legionella and other waterborne risks.
    Max Horberry, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2020
  • One problem: The roof rack of your Mini Cooper isn’t big enough to hold a tricycle, let alone a full-sized waterborne vessel.
    Aaron Rowe, WIRED, 13 July 2010
  • As the long morning gave way to afternoon, more boats arrived and a sort of waterborne refugee camp took shape, with a population of more than 2,500.
    Hereward Holland, National Geographic, 12 Sep. 2016
  • As the long morning gave way to afternoon, more boats arrived and a sort of waterborne refugee camp took shape, with a population of more than 2,500.
    Hereward Holland, National Geographic, 12 Sep. 2016
  • Boiling water kills waterborne germs by pulling their structures apart with high heat.
    Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 19 Feb. 2021
  • Both seasons take place over the course of a week, begin with the revelation of a mysterious death and then flash back to the guests' waterborne arrivals.
    Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2022
  • Now people are facing floods there that have caused an outbreak of waterborne diseases.
    Munir Ahmed, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Sep. 2022
  • Greater flooding risk may bring greater emotional stress, along with mold and waterborne disease.
    Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com, 20 Apr. 2021
  • The case is the latest in a series of infections attributed to the waterborne illness since January.
    oregonlive, 15 Oct. 2021
  • The World Health Organization has warned of a second catastrophe in the form of a health crisis with waterborne diseases.
    Peter Bergen, CNN, 2 Oct. 2022
  • The incessant rainfall in the provinces of Sindh and Baluchistan has submerged whole communities, and the threat of cholera, dengue and other waterborne diseases looms.
    Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2022
  • This puts them at higher risk of waterborne diseases, including cholera.
    Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Air quality is also a concern, along with the outbreak of waterborne diseases.
    Sarah Ferguson, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2022
  • The law says waterborne cargo between U.S. points must be carried by ships that are primarily built, owned and crewed by Americans.
    The Editorial Board, WSJ, 27 Sep. 2022
  • Extreme poverty makes life difficult here, and H.I.V. and waterborne illness are rife.
    Peg Tyre, New York Times, 27 June 2017
  • There's also a severe threat of waterborne illness due to stagnant subway water and bodies in the water supply.
    Nick Schager, EW.com, 13 Sep. 2021
  • But receding waters threaten a new challenge in the form of waterborne infectious diseases, Sharif said.
    Reuters, NBC News, 7 Sep. 2022
  • This small but mighty tube makes just about any body of water drinkable thanks to its ability to remove over 99% of waterborne bacteria and protozoan parasites.
    Jaimie Potters, Harper's BAZAAR, 7 June 2022
  • Heavy downpours of rain are a major risk for outbreaks of waterborne diseases, particularly for people who get water from wells, which is almost all of the rural U.S.
    Abc News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2022
  • His department was charged with protecting the public from cholera, the deadly waterborne infectious disease.
    Praduman Jain, Forbes, 15 Nov. 2021
  • Until the advent of sewer systems and water treatment, Marr said, people accepted deadly waterborne diseases as a basic fact of life.
    Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2021
  • Adding chlorine to drinking water, per the CDC, kills germs and bacteria — and significantly reduces waterborne diseases such as cholera and typhoid.
    Joshua Bote, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2020
  • A day earlier, engineers had opened a key highway in the southwestern Baluchistan province, allowing rescue workers to speed aid to those suffering in a race against the spread of waterborne diseases and dengue fever.
    Munir Ahmed, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Refineries there receive a combination of domestic and Canadian crude via pipeline, as well as waterborne imports from all over the world.
    Robert Rapier, Forbes, 9 May 2021
  • Such an approach led to urban sewers to stop the spread of waterborne diseases, mass vaccination campaigns to curtail smallpox and polio, and seat belt legislation to reduce road deaths.
    Wired, 28 July 2022
  • Of those, 51 deaths have been found to be hurricane-related, including two more recent deaths connected to waterborne illness, which the government confirmed this week.
    John D. Sutter, CNN, 27 Oct. 2017
  • Using rainwater out of barrels gave Méndez a waterborne kidney infection that landed her in the hospital for nearly three months.
    Frances Robles, The Seattle Times, 14 Aug. 2018
  • The United Nations on Wednesday expressed its concern over increasing cases of waterborne diseases among floods survivors.
    Munir Ahmed, ajc, 21 Sep. 2022
  • Malaria and other waterborne diseases are spiking, as are skin and chest infections from poor sanitation at makeshift displacement camps.
    Susannah George, Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2022

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