epidemic

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The peak popularity of the splitter coincided with the initial phase of the elbow-injury epidemic that has plagued the sport for decades.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

At the same time, chronic pain remains a widespread and costly condition, often described as a 'silent epidemic.'

From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2026

"I know there's sort of a fly-tipping epidemic," he said, "but that takes the biscuit, doesn't it?"

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

“This action seeks justice for a decorated American athlete who, in his pursuit of Olympic glory, was knowingly sacrificed to a silent epidemic of brain injury,” the court filing said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

Genêt had fled Philadelphia and its epidemic for Manhattan in September, but the passions surrounding him and the Neutrality Act seemed to have died along the way.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy