dysentery

Example Sentences

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“It contributes to ill health, cholera, dysentery, typhoid, water-related diseases, and it contributes to conflicts over water.”

From Los Angeles Times

His father, Sienghay, spoke of burying his own father after he died of dysentery the day before Vietnamese troops overthrew Pol Pot’s regime.

From Los Angeles Times

Whether you enjoyed listening to nature sounds at a Borders sample station in 2004 or dying from dysentery while playing “Oregon Trail” in third grade, Miller’s made a TikTok for you.

From Washington Post

Many of the soldiers, Bohrn said, died from painful illnesses such as dysentery.

From Washington Times

Between Sept. 1 and Sept. 10, 15 men died fighting, or from diseases like scurvy or dysentery, in the Southeastern Montana Territory.

From Washington Times