epidemic
Example Sentences
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He said Yemenis would be "very vulnerable to epidemics" this year, warning: "A humanitarian crisis in Yemen is a risk to the Arabian Peninsula. Cholera, measles and polio cross borders."
From Barron's
Haidt argued in his bestselling 2024 book "The Anxious Generation" that too much time looking at screens -- particularly social media -- was rewiring children's brains and "causing an epidemic of mental illness".
From Barron's
Stopping that increase and turning it into even modest weight loss could make a meaningful difference in slowing the obesity epidemic.
From Science Daily
“The whole world of tech is plagued by an epidemic called ‘good enough.’
It estimates that some 240 million people -- in conflict zones, suffering from epidemics, or victims of natural disasters and climate change -- are in need of emergency aid.
From Barron's
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