inoculate
Example Sentences
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The government was determined not to budge, perhaps hopeful much of it was noise and their mountainous majority would inoculate them from a minority of grumblers.
From BBC • Jun. 27, 2025
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
Farmers can combat the mealybugs by giving vaccines to the trees to inoculate them from the virus.
From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2024
Both of them reflect Jude’s disdain for the ways people inoculate themselves from harsh truths in order to enjoy a false, sunnier version of life.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 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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