diseased
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Plants are ruthless in shedding those that are damaged or diseased or that they can no longer maintain, for instance during dry weather.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Humans usually contract it from fleas that have fed on infected wild rodents, or sometimes by handling the tissue or body fluids of a diseased animal, according to the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
"Farmers may unknowingly buy diseased plants. The trees may look healthy initially, but after five or seven years they can suddenly die, causing huge financial losses," he says.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Eventually, they hope to compare circulation patterns between healthy and diseased brains, as well as between younger and older brains.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026
The man who had been a beast stood, stared at the departing figure walking toward the moon, and then dropped the paper as if it were diseased.
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
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