contagious
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A highly contagious viral disease, measles is characterized by a distinct rash.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026
The lens is always — always — zooming until Ten’s stress becomes contagious.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
With the disease still spreading five months into the epidemic, the nursery in the remote east is one of 12 receiving the children of those killed by the highly contagious haemorrhagic fever.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
The trio of traitors had been tasked with being as boring as possible, and yawned theatrically in one of the castle's communal rooms in the hope that their apparent fatigue would be contagious.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
The highly contagious illness is caused by bacteria growing in the body, usually the lungs, and is spread through the air when people cough, sneeze, or spit.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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