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fever

[fee-ver] / ˈfi vər /


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In the runup to the stock-market crash of 1929, people borrowed money to buy stocks and confidence turned into fever — and, ultimately, disaster.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026

Two months after arriving, he contracted typhoid fever and was hospitalized for the first time in his life, as he recounted to Allen.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026

The Pacific can be likened to someone "burning with fever", says Ana Liza Solis, head of climatology at the Philippines' national weather bureau.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

"Among the viruses that more easily affect the body with the help of these drugs are Rift Valley fever virus, influenza A, adenovirus and SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19," Kainov says.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026

Gran’s fever raged for the next three days.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

Manganiello detailed debilitating abdominal pain, fevers, rashes, headaches, fatigue and ulcers in his digestive tract that caused bleeding and led to countless colonoscopies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

"There was no fevers, no headaches, absolutely nothing. It came from nowhere."

From BBC ● May 27, 2026

Health officials say the sick passengers have symptoms like fevers along with gastrointestinal and respiratory issues.

From MarketWatch ● May 5, 2026

There was Kent Brantly, 27, a family physician who, owing to the grueling hours and oppressive African heat, had lost 30 pounds even before he succumbed to hemorrhagic fevers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026

Several of our men have taken fevers, afflicted with some distemper which fell on the other ships and now visits itself upon ours.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson


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