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epidemic

[ep-i-dem-ik] / ˌɛp ɪˈdɛm ɪk /




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In this episode, Willa investigates why stores lock everything up now—and whether there’s really a shoplifting epidemic.

From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2026

The premise is that this epidemic can, in large part, be tied to what he calls a “dishonest conversation.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Speaking at the NEXTPreidict summit in New York, Mackenzie uses the example of airline stocks during the Covid-19 epidemic as retail investors flexing their control.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

In an interview with BBC Scotland News, Farrell described the scale of violence against women and girls in Scotland as an "epidemic", and that police forces were not immune to the problem .

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

The myxo virus, native to a wild species of Brazilian rabbit, had been observed to cause a lethal epidemic in European domestic rabbits, which are a different species.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

More than half of the deaths were due to the collapse of the health system, along with epidemics and famine.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Plague is often linked to rats, packed medieval cities, and the devastating epidemics that tore through Europe during and after the Middle Ages.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026

Tung's rocky tenure was marked by the Asian Financial Crisis, two major epidemics, and historic protests which attracted criticism of his administration.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

"Respect for humanitarian personnel and humanitarian activities is essential to ensuring that communities affected by epidemics and other crises continue to receive the assistance and services they urgently need," it said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026

But plague didn’t begin to hit Europe with full force as the Black Death epidemics until A.D.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond


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