infect

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The law doesn’t allow ulterior motives to infect plan investments.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

The virus is so contagious that any misstep could kill the patient on board and infect the crew members, who would then be vectors to spread the deadly pathogens across America.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Once inside a tumor cell, the virus destroys it and then produces copies of itself that move on to infect neighboring cancer cells.

From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2026

The spread of New World screwworm in Mexico, a parasitic fly that can infect livestock, adds another layer of uncertainty.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

Some are caused by microbes capable of maintaining themselves in animals or in the soil, with the result that the disease doesn’t die out but remains constantly available to infect people.

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