diseased
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The first starts with terror of the unknown and unseen but culminates in sheer pathos; the latter keeps the reader guessing: Is the creature real or merely the product of a diseased imagination?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Humans usually contract it from fleas that have fed on infected wild rodents, or sometimes by handling the tissue or body fluids of a diseased animal, according to the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
"Farmers may unknowingly buy diseased plants. The trees may look healthy initially, but after five or seven years they can suddenly die, causing huge financial losses," he says.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
The diseased samples were obtained from Johns Hopkins University Hospital through an initiative supported by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, part of the National Institutes of Health.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
It was as if the metal itself was diseased.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
