infectious
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Its return as a significant threat illustrates how difficult it can be to predict which infectious disease will drive the next major outbreak.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
For more than 50 years, with a few breaks in between, Squeeze has been making memorable tunes by marrying infectious pop melodies with sophisticated and literate lyrics, often about the complexity of relationships.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Sometimes the energy of all that “na-na-nah”-ing is infectious enough to unify rivals, if only for a few measures of music.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
"They only picked me because I never stopped talking," Jackie told the BBC, with an infectious giggle that hasn't changed since childhood.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Europeans may not have known about microbes, but they thoroughly understood infectious disease.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Vocabulary lists containing infectious
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act V
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An American Plague
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