fever
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Respiratory diphtheria often starts with fever or chills, a sore throat that can lead to breathing and swallowing difficulties, and be life-threatening.
From BBC • May 26, 2026
"The outbreak is spreading rapidly," Tedros told a virtual ministerial meeting on the viral haemorrhagic fever, which spreads through direct contact with bodily fluids.
From Barron's • May 25, 2026
The agency briefly took the map down altogether, around the same time that protests about the possibility of a physical wall in Big Bend National Park reached a fever pitch.
From Salon • May 25, 2026
They wrote about their worries, regrets, doubts, divorce, financial straits—being down to $35 in a checking and savings account—and a baby’s 104-degree fever.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026
By this time, I had the monkey-catching fever so bad, I didn’t think I’d get any sleep at all that night.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
Vocabulary lists containing fever
Name On: Pro Sports Team Names, Part 2
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Unit 16
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