epidemic
Example Sentences
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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
Ophthalmologists are raising alarms about an epidemic of childhood myopia.
Meanwhile, there was an epidemic of plummeting pop stars.
From BBC
Authorities have officially classified AI as a major potential threat, adding it alongside earthquakes and epidemics to its National Emergency Response Plan.
The charity has warned of the risk of the "spread of epidemic diseases such as cholera and measles, and a catastrophic increase of malaria cases" among vulnerable people.
From BBC
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