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pandemic

[pan-dem-ik] / pænˈdɛm ɪk /


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One lesson of the pandemic was that hotels and motels mobilized to house the unsheltered were successful in bringing people indoors who were otherwise reluctant to stay in congregate shelters or withstand involuntary hospitalizations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

I imagine money is more top-of-mind for you and your friends, as food prices have risen significantly since the pandemic, up more than 30%, according to some estimates.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

It’s also allowed vote by mail for decades, expanding it during the COVID-19 pandemic so that every registered voter in California receives a mail ballot.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

Especially when a show, like “Euphoria,” helped get them through the pandemic.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

And even this enormous force might not have overcome the empire if while Cortes was building his ships Tenochtitlan had not been swept by smallpox in the same pandemic that later wiped out Tawantinsuyu.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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