infectious
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This isn’t a pandemic anymore, according to experts, but that’s because the virus is now endemic — it’s a part of our daily lives like flu, HIV and other infectious diseases.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
He was always chasing "the sound of laughter," said Walker, "it's infectious, he couldn't do without it".
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
“It is infectious to play a character who sees the best in people and isn’t mad at the world for all its foibles and bullies and shadows,” Sudeikis recently told the Hollywood Reporter.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
“Hopefully, that won’t happen. But I think that’s what we’re worried about,” said Chin-Hong, a UC San Francisco infectious diseases expert.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Why did the rise of agriculture launch the evolution of our crowd infectious diseases?
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing infectious
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act V
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An American Plague
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