murrain

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Recent Examples of murrain Otherwise nature is outraged, floods will again sweep the land and murrains strike our cattle. Dan Bilefsky, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for murrain
Noun
  • Organisms vulnerable to infection Immune systems rely on recognizing specific molecular shapes found in invading bacteria.
    Katie Hunt, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
  • If your provider is concerned about semen infection, a semen culture can be completed.
    Mark Gurarie, Health, 14 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Smith’s mother grew up in gloomy circumstances, depressed by death and illness.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The 13-category scale is based on the percentage of doctor's visits that were for influenza-like illnesses (ILIs) in the previous week.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 23 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • This disease is a deadly neurological malady that can spread among deer, elk, and moose populations though contact with saliva, blood, urine, or feces.
    Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Beal also had a left calf injury; add that to the list of the maladies he’s suffered since the Suns obtained him in a trade with Washington prior to the 2022-23 season.
    Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 28 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • About 50% of colonies and millions of bees die each year from a variety of ailments, devastating numbers for beekeepers.
    Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
  • The Pentagon is using the funding to study arthritis, cancer and chronic fatigue — all ailments that affect women in the military.
    Eva Pound, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Sam Rivera, executive director of OnPoint NYC, a support center for substance abusers and other vulnerable people, says opioid users have long had strategies for keeping dope sickness away.
    Maurice Tamman, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2024
  • The old playbook — detecting problems at a patient zero (i.e. first signs of sickness, or in security terms the first signs of a vulnerability) and then reacting often won't cut it anymore.
    Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • All of that makes memorializing a student without risking contagion a balancing act.
    Max Kutner, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Dec. 2024
  • The possibility of contagion — as referenced in the NYPD report — is still theoretical.
    Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 13 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • One wonders if the interruptions from the smaller screens will be a permanent blight on the big screen theatrical experience.
    Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Dec. 2024
  • But over the next decade, the city’s fiscal crisis drove away many families, as did concerns over rising crime, declining municipal services and urban blight.
    Winnie Hu, New York Times, 19 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • His zeal seemed even stranger when juxtaposed with a sensible approach to my own infirmities.
    Kayla Aletha Welch, Longreads, 19 Nov. 2024
  • But the infirmities plaguing India’s political opposition are legion.
    Milan Vaishnav, Foreign Affairs, 18 Mar. 2021

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“Murrain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/murrain. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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