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Viral genome sequences indicate the teen was infected with the type of H5N1 typically found in wild birds and that it had mutated to better cleave to the respiratory tract.

From Salon Dec. 6, 2024

For now, voters need to consider the question: In a period of post-pandemic school chaos, is it best to cleave to the status quo, or is it time for upheaval?

From Seattle Times May 24, 2024

Over the next 16 years she would direct just four features, all of them centered, fittingly, on women who refuse to cleave to the social norms of their respective eras.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 27, 2022

So what does this tell us about how football supporters behave, and why is it typically men who cleave to this kind of group conduct?

From BBC Aug. 1, 2021

“By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bones cleave to my flesh...”

From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys




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