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A daily weight-loss pill made by the drug firm behind the Mounjaro jab has been approved for use in the UK - the first country in Europe to do so.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
The Singapore-based Hilleman Laboratories announced on Thursday it would advance the rVSV Bundibugyo jab so it can be tested on humans during clinical trials.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
The Ervebo vaccine needs to be stored at ultra-low temperatures, however the new Bundibugyo jab is hoped to last for months in normal refrigerators, making it cheaper and easier to deploy to remote areas.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
Kennedy was put off by a different jab.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
That jab stung Otto to his very core.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
He was worried the jabs might not work.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Characters deliver jabs at “Jeff Bozos” and the Epstein class while slyly revealing you shouldn’t trust their takes, either.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
The Metro also leads on a jabs story, but instead headlines on weight loss injections.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
According to the salon owner, when she was invited to join the cast of “RHOSLC” in 2021, she wasn’t prepared for the jabs that would be aimed at Trujillo or the toll it would take.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
He smiles and jabs me with his finger.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
And the midtempo ballad “The Knife” describes a collapsing relationship as a mortal threat, akin to a dagger jabbed into one’s side or a case of kerosene waiting to be ignited.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Silva later told investigators she was jabbed with the stick, but nowhere in the video does she report it to the officers assisting her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026
More than 13 million people have been vaccinated so far this year, but that is still more than 5 million below the number who were jabbed last winter.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2025
It was also possible that he accidentally jabbed himself, through his gloves, on a needle or a patient’s teeth.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2025
You gave the tall boy a warm grin and poked yourself in the ribs, then jabbed me.
From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman
The artist and buyer were nonconformists, jabbing at, well, something.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 18, 2026
He loved to say it on the stump with his trademark snarl and jabbing finger.
From Salon ● Dec. 11, 2025
"His jabbing was superb, his footwork was superb, he wasn't slow. He was very evasive."
From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2024
He spent the final months of his life at home in hospice care, still jabbing at friends and former colleagues through social media.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2024
She points in my direction, her finger jabbing at the air with some kind of urgent message.
From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi
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