contagion
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The bodies of people killed by Ebola remain highly infectious, and have been a major source of contagion in Congo, according to the WHO.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
But this time, it’s a contagion people can’t wait to get their hands on.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 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
The World Health Organization has scrambled to reassure the world that the outbreak was not a repeat of the Covid pandemic, stressing that contagion was very rare.
From Barron's ● May 18, 2026
Suppose that the peoples of the Americas had, in some parallel world, understood the concept of contagion and been prepared to act on it.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Whether caused by geopolitical conflict, health contagions or extreme weather, supply-chain crises will likely be a permanent fixture of the economy until global supply chains build in greater resilience.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026
Long ties, which are created through randomly rewired edges that make them 'longer,' accelerate the spread of social contagions.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 23, 2024
The idea is that NTT's e-nose can be used not just to sniff out any contagions, but also how fresh - or not - a foodstuff is.
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2023
After the Ebola epidemic, the world invested in virus-testing equipment and training scientists so that African countries could identify contagions as soon as cases popped up.
From Salon ● Feb. 27, 2023
Slant continues his vigilant practices against its depredations; but other contagions have settled upon us in its wake.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
Vocabulary lists containing contagion
"The Masque of the Red Death" by Edgar Allan Poe
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Common Senses: Tact, Tang ("Touch")
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Between Shades of Gray
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