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On 30 July, the WHO announced that the the "most promising" vaccine would be developed in Singapore, while the trail of a separate jab has begun in the UK.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
The Ervebo vaccine needs to be stored at ultra-low temperatures, however the new Bundibugyo jab is hoped to last for months in normal refrigerators, making it cheaper and easier to deploy to remote areas.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
The Singapore-based Hilleman Laboratories announced on Thursday it would advance the rVSV Bundibugyo jab so it can be tested on humans during clinical trials.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
Kennedy was put off by a different jab.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
Vilonia Kline sat down on the dirt beside them, watching the hole get wider and deeper with each jab and throw.
From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley
According to the salon owner, when she was invited to join the cast of “RHOSLC” in 2021, she wasn’t prepared for the jabs that would be aimed at Trujillo or the toll it would take.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
After three unsuccessful jabs with a tiny lancet, I had yet to produce enough blood to fill a circle on a collection card.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
You’ve spoken up against comedians taking jabs at marginalized people.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
Muñoz also points to other factors fuelling this particular surge: the Covid pandemic delaying routine jabs, a lack of regular measles-rubella mass vaccination campaigns since 2020, overcrowding and Eid holiday travel.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
I occupied my mind with other things and tried not to twitch at the nahlrout- dulled jabs of the needle.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
And the midtempo ballad “The Knife” describes a collapsing relationship as a mortal threat, akin to a dagger jabbed into one’s side or a case of kerosene waiting to be ignited.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Later that afternoon I rammed my hand into that pocket and jabbed my finger.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2025
Both fists — little and big — jabbed the air.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2025
It was also possible that he accidentally jabbed himself, through his gloves, on a needle or a patient’s teeth.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2025
Master jabbed at his ear as if Ugwu’s aunty did not know what it meant to be deaf.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The artist and buyer were nonconformists, jabbing at, well, something.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 18, 2026
Of course, he’d likely do all that during a campaign while continuing his lowbrow online jabbing, since the online world remains a parallel reality where anything goes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2026
He loved to say it on the stump with his trademark snarl and jabbing finger.
From Salon ● Dec. 11, 2025
She delivered her comic broadsides at high speed, jabbing her points home like a street-fighter.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2024
Jessie had said, jabbing her index finger in the middle of the big A on Jefferson’s letterman jacket.
From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser
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