contracted
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After clearing up a lab backlog, the Health Ministry said recently that hundreds of patients who were previously believed to have contracted Ebola in fact hadn’t.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
But those infected can get better and officials stress that people should seek medical help if they believe they have contracted the virus.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
The last time this cohort contracted was the first quarter of 2025, amid uncertainty surrounding tariff policies and fears of economic weakness.
From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026
One US citizen who contracted Ebola in eastern DRC was taken to an isolation unit in Germany last week, along with his wife and four children.
From Barron's • May 27, 2026
And there was a record made by a camp doctor at a subcamp in Kassel, Germany, that a Daniel LeBlanc contracted influenza in the first part of 1943.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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"Watership Down" by Richard Adams, Chapter 43-Epilogue
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