infect

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Ebola viruses naturally infect animals – mainly fruit bats – but people can become infected if they come into close contact.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

She did not infect anyone else after her return despite taking two commercial flights in the U.S. when sick and before she was hospitalized in Delaware.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

They infect in different ways and are classed in entirely different phylums, meaning they are not remotely related.

From Salon • May 11, 2026

"Nobody chooses to get sick, much less infect others, much less lose a mother."

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

The wife, convinced that Bibi’s presence would infect the unborn child, began to wrap woolen shawls around her tumid belly.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri