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as in disease
an abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning
before the days of modern medicine, when death remained a mystery, people said that someone died of a fever and left it at that
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as in frenzy
a state of wildly excited activity or emotion
in the fever of a political campaign a lot of things get said that never should have been said
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Recent Examples of fever
In most people, symptoms of the virus are similar to a common cold — fever, nasal congestion and shortness of breath, the health agency stated.
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Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 8 Jan. 2025
Other symptoms include a runny nose, congestion, difficulty breathing and fever.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 7 Jan. 2025
The 13-year-old girl was initially seen at an emergency department in British Columbia for a fever and conjunctivitis in both eyes.
—Emily Mullin, WIRED, 7 Jan. 2025
The most common symptoms of walking pneumonia include fever, cough and difficulty breathing, Willis said, adding that some people can experience unusually high fevers.
—Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 7 Jan. 2025
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Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 8 Jan. 2025
Other symptoms include a runny nose, congestion, difficulty breathing and fever.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 7 Jan. 2025
The 13-year-old girl was initially seen at an emergency department in British Columbia for a fever and conjunctivitis in both eyes.
—Emily Mullin, WIRED, 7 Jan. 2025
The most common symptoms of walking pneumonia include fever, cough and difficulty breathing, Willis said, adding that some people can experience unusually high fevers.
—Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 7 Jan. 2025
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This can lead to detrimental long-term health effects, such as triggering chronic conditions such as asthma as well as obstructive lung disease like bronchitis.Omer Awan, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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Hundreds of thousands of Uyghurs, possibly a million or more, were swept into camps and prisons, with former detainees reporting abuse, disease and, in some cases, death.Dake Kang and Huizhong Wu, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
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The king of college football will be back, and soon But Indiana’s CFP inclusion whipped the Big Ten’s detractors into a frenzy, as skeptics within and outside the SEC looked to discount the Hoosiers’ 11-win season because of their strength of schedule.Scott Dochterman, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
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Look no further than the image of Jey Uso standing on the announcers’ table with Travis Scott and Pat McAfee during his entrance — whipping fans into a frenzy as a drone flew around him and out over the crowd — for a taste of the energy Uso brings to the ring.Joe Otterson, Variety, 8 Jan. 2025
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Patrik Laine missed a couple of games due to illness this week, but that does not seem to be a long-term issue.Chris Johnston, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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Interview ‘The Inexplicable Facets of Living in a Human Body’: An Interview with Emma Bolden Emma R. Cohen The author of The Tiger and the Cage on writing about her hysterectomy, the absurdities of medical metaphor, and the illness narratives that liberate and limit us.Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 10 Jan. 2025
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Before his rampage in New Orleans, Jabbar posted several videos on Facebook declaring his support for the Islamic State (ISIS), the FBI said.Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 5 Jan. 2025
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The New Orleans attack bears similarities to the 2017 truck rampage in New York City, which killed eight, also carried out by a man inspired by ISIS.Brad Dress, The Hill, 4 Jan. 2025
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Summary Celery has been used throughout history as a folk medicine to relieve many ailments.Hannah Coakley, MSPH, RDN, Verywell Health, 15 Jan. 2025
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Most common ailments aren’t connected to a single gene; polygenic risk scores aim to predict the lifetime likelihood of conditions, such as diabetes, in which many genes contribute to a person’s risk.Kristen V. Brown, The Atlantic, 15 Jan. 2025
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At the center of these ills stands the island’s relationship with the mainland.Graciela Mochkofsky, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2025
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The strict binary of this is man, this is woman has been responsible for a lot of ills.Lanna Apisukh, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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Highly pathogenic avian influenza can infect domestic poultry, resulting in high sickness and death rates, officials said, and in this current outbreak, cattle, cats and other mammals also are susceptible.Chuck Fieldman, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2025
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Some damages are tax-free under Section 104 of the tax code, but only physical injuries and physical sickness qualify.Robert W. Wood, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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“Fever.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fever. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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