acute
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More than 400,000 people in Indonesia have been treated for acute respiratory ailments caused by the toxic haze, the health ministry said on Wednesday.
From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026
Kaminska recalled how he would return home more absent-minded, but with an acute need to get stuff off his chest and spend time with his daughter who became a teenager while he was away.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
However, when participants experienced the painful heat stimulus, the same network became less active, following the brain's typical response to acute pain.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
It estimates that 19.5 million people or 41% of Sudan's population are experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity, including five million facing emergency levels of hunger.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
Eight months later one of the boys was stricken with acute leukemia.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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