pox
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The affected data include childhood immunization rates against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, measles, mumps and rubella, hepatitis, chicken pox and flu; and rates for 13 year olds and expectant mothers.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 3, 2026
Three months after state vets seized and killed hundreds of his sheep to stamp out an ongoing pox pandemic, Kostas Theofilou fights back tears as he gazes at his empty stable.
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026
Air travelers standing in line for hours to get through security might wish a pox on all politicians.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
What struck me instead is how ably Garbus presents what Rupert Murdoch and men like him have wrought as not just a blight on society but a pox on all our houses, including his own.
From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026
—Getting chicken pox, both of us, in the eighth grade, and staying at your house for a week, because we couldn’t go to school.
From "Tears of a Tiger" by Sharon M. Draper
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"The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet," Vocabulary from Act 2
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