outbreak
Example Sentences
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Parents in north London have been told their children could be excluded from school if they are not fully vaccinated against measles amid an outbreak of the highly-contagious disease.
From BBC
Tens of children have been infected by a "fast-spreading" measles outbreak in several north London schools, health officials have said.
From BBC
Economists can carefully tease apart the different causes of higher prices, in the same way that they focus on “core” inflation to isolate the general trend from unpredictable oil shocks and avian flu outbreaks.
As demonstrated by the outbreaks of the English Civil War in 1642 and the French Revolution in 1789, fiscal breakdown caused a loss of political legitimacy.
An outbreak of infection has left dogs stuck in their kennels for three weeks at a South Los Angeles shelter.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
