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pandemic

[pan-dem-ik] / pænˈdɛm ɪk /


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Ardern, 46, won international acclaim for her handling of the Covid-19 pandemic in New Zealand but the restrictions dented her popularity at home before she stood down from politics in January 2023.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

She said she’s spent years seeking help from Raman’s staff, including to make repairs on sidewalks and pavement outside the restaurant, and to remove a homeless encampment that sprang up during the COVID-19 pandemic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

The problems began to develop during the Covid-19 pandemic and then continued until the start of this year when Hamon decided a change was needed as she was going to turn 30, she said.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

It hasn’t turned an annual profit since before the Covid-19 pandemic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

The other two are nouns as well as adjectives: epidemic refers to something widespread in a particular community or population, and pandemic to something that has spread to an entire country, continent, or beyond.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

It is paying interest to this day: “It is astonishing to think of the wars, revolutions, religious revolt, pandemics and other disasters this bond has survived,” the author marvels.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Other research areas include reducing wildfire risk and fighting pandemics and climate change.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Bunch “briefed the Regents on his efforts to navigate the dual pandemics caused by the Coronavirus and issues surrounding race, racism, and racial identity,” the minutes of the June 2020 meeting stated.

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026

In areas such as climate science, pandemics, artificial intelligence or medical research, public conversations frequently invoke scientific consensus.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026

Why hypothesize the existence of vast, super-deadly pandemics that seem unlike anything else in the historical record?

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann


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