Thesaurus / plague
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How the 2021 Sundance Film Festival — and many of its films — reflected life in a time of plague.
4 NEW MOVIES THAT EXPLORE — OR PREDICT — A YEAR DOMINATED BY A PANDEMICALISSA WILKINSONFEBRUARY 5, 2021VOX
The crown used the information to gauge the toll of the plague on its largest city and the relative safety of conducting royal business within city limits.
COVID-19 DASHBOARDS ARE VITAL, YET FLAWED, SOURCES OF PUBLIC INFORMATIONJACQUELINE WERNIMONTJANUARY 26, 2021WASHINGTON POST
Throughout human history, we have been subjected to wave after wave of viral and bacterial plagues.
MRNA TECHNOLOGY GAVE US THE FIRST COVID-19 VACCINES. IT COULD ALSO UPEND THE DRUG INDUSTRYWALTER ISAACSONJANUARY 11, 2021TIME
It’s unclear how the plague bacterium first reached Siberia or whether it caused widespread infections and death, Götherström says.
PLAGUE MAY HAVE CAUSED DIE-OFFS OF ANCIENT SIBERIANSBRUCE BOWERJANUARY 6, 2021SCIENCE NEWS
Reading Peter Singer’s The Life You Can Save in the year of the plague.
THE WORLD’S PROBLEMS OVERWHELMED ME. THIS BOOK EMPOWERED ME.KELSEY PIPERDECEMBER 11, 2020VOX
They have a blank recklessness, with their assumption that no plague can touch them, and it matters not the least if it touches others.
THE THOUGHTLESS HUSKS WHO PLUNGED THIS NFL SEASON INTO CHAOS DESERVE A PUBLIC SHAMINGSALLY JENKINSDECEMBER 2, 2020WASHINGTON POST
We need leadership that will end the plague of pollution in our neighborhoods, prioritize the health of those who bear the most risk, and tackle environmental justice head-on.
Returns are a plague for retailers, especially those selling fashion online.
THERE’S ONE SILVER LINING FOR FASHION RETAILERS IN THE PANDEMICMARC BAINAUGUST 13, 2020QUARTZ
“You do not want to expose restaurants or people’s houses and risk having those places be labeled as a plague house,” said Fielding-Miller.
WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT LOCAL COMMUNITY OUTBREAKS – AND WHAT WE DON’TWILL HUNTSBERRYJULY 2, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGO
The great plague of this and the subsequent year broke out at St. Giles, London.
THE EVERY DAY BOOK OF HISTORY AND CHRONOLOGYJOEL MUNSELL
WORDS RELATED TO PLAGUE
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- burden
- crush
- despotize
- dishearten
- dispirit
- distress
- encumber
- force
- handicap
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- hound
- keep down
- maltreat
- outrage
- overcome
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- overthrow
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- persecute
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- plague
- press
- prey on
- put down
- put screws to
- put the squeeze on
- put upon
- ride
- rule
- sadden
- saddle
- smother
- strain
- subjugate
- suppress
- tax
- torment
- torture
- trample
- trouble
- tyrranize
- vex
- weigh heavy upon
- worry
- wrong
- abuse
- afflict
- aggrieve
- annoy
- beat down
- burden
- crush
- despotize
- dishearten
- dispirit
- distress
- encumber
- force
- handicap
- harass
- harry
- hound
- keep down
- maltreat
- outrage
- overcome
- overload
- overpower
- overthrow
- overwhelm
- persecute
- pick on
- plague
- press
- prey on
- put down
- put screws to
- put the squeeze on
- put upon
- ride
- rule
- sadden
- saddle
- smother
- strain
- subjugate
- suppress
- tax
- torment
- torture
- trample
- trouble
- tyrranize
- vex
- weigh heavy upon
- worry
- wrong
- beginning
- blowup
- brawl
- break
- breaking
- burst
- bursting
- commencement
- commotion
- convulsion
- crack
- crash
- dawn
- detonation
- discharge
- disorder
- disruption
- ebullition
- effervescence
- epidemic
- eruption
- explosion
- fit
- flare-up
- flash
- fury
- gush
- gushing
- insurrection
- irruption
- mutiny
- onset
- outburst
- outpouring
- paroxysm
- plague
- rebellion
- rending
- revolution
- roar
- sally
- sortie
- spasm
- spurt
- storm
- surge
- thunder
- tumult
- uprising
- volley
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