inoculate
Example Sentences
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Anyone lampooned with a scintilla of brutality knows that an appearance can temporarily inoculate against accusations of humorlessness.
From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026
They’re upgraded preparations of vaccines that themselves underwent placebo-controlled trials, or formulations aimed at new variants of the targeted disease, or shots that inoculate against several diseases all at once.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2025
They inoculate about 2,000 koalas a year through wildlife hospital trials and tack themselves onto development projects or research studies in the region that involve their capture.
From BBC • Dec. 29, 2024
Knowing that Cohen is their most problematic witness, prosecutors spent not just Monday and Tuesday, but most of the trial, trying to inoculate him against the defense’s attacks by leaning into his scumbag reputation.
From Slate • May 14, 2024
“And you can inoculate your family too, Christina. I should be the one who tells Zeke and Hana, anyway.”
From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth
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