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Recent Examples of pox
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.
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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
Brazen tanking has been a pox on the NBA over the last decade, to the point where the league changed the playoff format and the draft lottery rules to disincentivize it.
—Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 17 May 2023
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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
Brazen tanking has been a pox on the NBA over the last decade, to the point where the league changed the playoff format and the draft lottery rules to disincentivize it.
—Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 17 May 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pox
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Zora was holding fast to Black folk ways of the South, including spirituality and voodoo.Radhika Seth, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2024
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At a time when scientific process gets painted as voodoo in certain political circles, there’s a meat-and-potatoes satisfaction to watching a film that makes straightforward problem-solving seem heroic.Scott Tobias, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2024
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Stubborn independence is, however, a blessing and a curse.Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
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However, this long history can be both a blessing and a curse.Mike Whitmire, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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The film looks tint the life of the soccer star, who is consider one of the top keepers in Polish history thanks to a career spanning spells at Arsenal, Juventus, AS Roma and Barcelona and 84 appearances for the national team.Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 5 Dec. 2024
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Such is this power of Milan W.’s spell and this occultish record that taps into an olde magick that looms as the fog rolls in.Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 3 Dec. 2024
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“Pox.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pox. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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