outbreak
Example Sentences
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An outbreak of infection has left dogs stuck in their kennels for three weeks at a South Los Angeles shelter.
From Los Angeles Times
But with no money for quarantine or medications, there isn’t much they can do, so they expect the outbreak to get worse.
From Los Angeles Times
The cuts targeted a slate of programs aimed at tracking and curtailing HIV and other disease outbreaks, including one of California’s main early-warning systems for HIV outbreaks, state and local officials said.
From Los Angeles Times
The company paid a $25 million fine to resolve criminal charges connected with the outbreaks.
From Los Angeles Times
"It's an important distinction in the early days of an outbreak."
From Science Daily
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
