inoculate
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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
Yoga instructor Judd likes to call attention to the area’s cowboy roots and remind participants that the site they’re on was once used to inoculate, disinfect and brand cattle.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2025
They hope that antibodies in the milk can inoculate them against the virus.
From Slate • Dec. 4, 2024
Haffkine developed a vaccine to combat the plague and Saklatvala went door-to-door, convincing people to inoculate themselves.
From BBC • Oct. 19, 2024
Should it then attack a healthy person there is danger that it will inoculate him with the disease.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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