contagious
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A: Contagious yawning may have evolved to synchronize group behavior—yawns often cluster during particular times of day that coincide with transitions and activity.
From Science Magazine • May 24, 2022
Lest we overlook four more key members of the American team, the horses were also named: Gazelle, Baloutinue, Contagious and Springsteen’s mount, Don Juan van de Donkhoeve.
From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2021
After earning her bachelor’s degree, she worked at an understaffed hospital in Marmet, West Virginia, and at the Hospital for Contagious Diseases in Boston.
From Seattle Times • May 1, 2021
Contagious diseases — both in fiction and in real life — remind us that the social and cultural boundaries we use to structure society are fragile and porous, not stable and impermeable.
From Salon • Mar. 23, 2020
A label below the symbol said: Virus VC321xb47 Highly Contagious 24 Darts, Extreme Caution Mark suddenly wished he hadn’t touched the thing.
From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner
Vocabulary lists containing contagious
Wonder
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
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Common Senses: Tact, Tang ("Touch")
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