infect
Example Sentences
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It gets inside your head, infecting the digital realm so connected to our collective psyches, awash in social media and streaming algorithms.
From Salon
She said they were infected soon after Darren arrested a suspect who was displaying symptoms of the virus.
From BBC
Lyme disease is a bacterial infection that can be spread to humans by infected ticks, and affects an estimated 476,000 Americans each year.
Kluh’s district uses X-rays to sterilize males but there are other methods, such as using genetically modified insects or ones infected with bacteria.
From Los Angeles Times
The start of the outbreak was a super-spreader event - when an unusually large number of people are infected - at the nightclub Club Chemistry in Canterbury between 5 March and 7 March.
From BBC
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