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allergic

[uh-lur-jik] / əˈlɜr dʒɪk /


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Those allergic to interactive shows can decline an invitation to share the spotlight, although I imagine many would dearly love to reminisce about the time they co-starred with Harry Potter.

From The Wall Street Journal

"The experience of having an allergic reaction is really distressing and we want to guard against that wherever possible."

From BBC

Although a few conversations clearly left impressions, most of the dates morphed into remnants of information like fintech, middle sibling, allergic to cats, etc.

From Los Angeles Times

To test that idea, the team exposed mice to a protein from house dust mites, a common cause of allergic asthma.

From Science Daily

The way it steers the immune system towards fighting an infection also seemed to reduce the response to house dust mite allergens – which are a trigger of allergic asthma.

From BBC