pox
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So, a pox on all their honors, right?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
Air travelers standing in line for hours to get through security might wish a pox on all politicians.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026
What struck me instead is how ably Garbus presents what Rupert Murdoch and men like him have wrought as not just a blight on society but a pox on all our houses, including his own.
From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2026
Cattle breeders are also desperate after more than 470,000 sheep and goats were culled owing to a pox epidemic.
From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026
He had rheumatic fever, chicken pox, pneumonia three or four more times, started coughing blood when he was six, was anemic, drowsy all the time, constantly sniffling, weak and miserable, and—everybody thought— dying.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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