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Last year, a group of American scientists found that reading just one anti-vax Facebook comment about the HPV jab - given to teenagers - was enough to make some parents hesitate.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
The Ervebo vaccine needs to be stored at ultra-low temperatures, however the new Bundibugyo jab is hoped to last for months in normal refrigerators, making it cheaper and easier to deploy to remote areas.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
Kurosawa takes the opportunity for a friendly jab.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
The Singapore-based Hilleman Laboratories announced on Thursday it would advance the rVSV Bundibugyo jab so it can be tested on humans during clinical trials.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
Time, time, time, thought Alfred, flicking out the jab.
From "The Contender" by Robert Lipsyte
Warren says starting on weight-loss jabs has put him off going out for drinking sessions with friends.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
The researchers say newer obesity treatments - such as GLP-1 jabs and pills - might help, alongside healthy eating advice.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
According to the salon owner, when she was invited to join the cast of “RHOSLC” in 2021, she wasn’t prepared for the jabs that would be aimed at Trujillo or the toll it would take.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
After three unsuccessful jabs with a tiny lancet, I had yet to produce enough blood to fill a circle on a collection card.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Max jabs at my chest with one daggerlike finger.
From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi
Supporters say these policies capture the "casual refuseniks" - people who aren't particularly opposed to vaccination, but simply don't make the effort to get their child jabbed.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Then an allergist jabbed him with a needle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026
It was also possible that he accidentally jabbed himself, through his gloves, on a needle or a patient’s teeth.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2025
“In the race to be my best friend between Senator Fetterman and Governor Hobbs, Governor Hobbs wins by a jillion,” Stewart jabbed.
From Salon ● Nov. 6, 2024
I fumblingly jabbed the pen back in its hole and scooted out, deep-frying in embarrassment.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
The artist and buyer were nonconformists, jabbing at, well, something.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 18, 2026
He loved to say it on the stump with his trademark snarl and jabbing finger.
From Salon ● Dec. 11, 2025
Capturing, jabbing, and tracking each wild Elanora koala is basically double that.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2024
They won with a second consecutive impressive performance by NLDS-clincher Yoshinobu Yamamoto, with Ohtani being Ohtani, and with everybody else juking and jabbing and creating like the Dodgers do.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2024
I looked down and realized that I had been jabbing a hole in the wicker arm with my pencil.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
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