inoculate

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Yoga instructor Judd likes to call attention to the area’s cowboy roots and remind participants that the site they’re on was once used to inoculate, disinfect and brand cattle.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2025

Haffkine developed a vaccine to combat the plague and Saklatvala went door-to-door, convincing people to inoculate themselves.

From BBC • Oct. 19, 2024

Knowing that Cohen is their most problematic witness, prosecutors spent not just Monday and Tuesday, but most of the trial, trying to inoculate him against the defense’s attacks by leaning into his scumbag reputation.

From Slate • May 14, 2024

Farmers can combat the mealybugs by giving vaccines to the trees to inoculate them from the virus.

From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2024

“How did you inoculate yourself against the death serum?” he asks me.

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth