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pandemic

[pan-dem-ik] / pænˈdɛm ɪk /


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However, that number has increased dramatically since, thanks in part to an expansion during the COVID-19 pandemic, and nearly 89% of ballots were cast by mail in last year’s special election.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Landing at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in early June felt like arriving into a scene from a different time, specifically the COVID-19 pandemic era.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

Other bouts of frenetic, rollercoaster volatility occurred during the Asian contagion of 1997, the dot-com crash of 2000-2001, the global financial crisis in 2008 and the pandemic in 2020.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Germany’s industrial sector had been expected to rebound somewhat this year, after a period of weak output that stretched back before the pandemic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

A flu pandemic was sweeping the world that winter, with people dying by the millions.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield




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