epidemic
Example Sentences
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It's a Sin told the story of a young group of friends in London at the height of the Aids epidemic.
From BBC
Federal regulators call it a growing epidemic, and stopping the thieves has become a game of cat and mouse for law enforcement.
He called it an “epidemic” that is “running rampant,” which is untrue.
From Los Angeles Times
Guterres said the situation could get even worse, pointing to possible epidemics and the mass displacement of Palestinians into neighboring countries.
From Seattle Times
Colonial revolts, the eruption of an influenza epidemic that claimed more than 25 million lives worldwide, lasting alterations in international economic rankings — sometimes it seems that World War I changed everything.
From Los Angeles Times
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