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pandemic

[pan-dem-ik] / pænˈdɛm ɪk /


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One nonprofit in Dallas reported that demand for food assistance is now higher than it was in 2008 during the financial crisis or in 2020 during the pandemic.

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

But US think tank Asia Society's yearly Global Public Opinion on China, external survey suggested that China's image, which dipped during the pandemic, had only made a modest recovery since.

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

Monroe said that before the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a trend among casino operators to split into operating companies and property owners.

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

Construction of warehouses and factories in the U.S. boomed during and after the Covid-19 pandemic in response to the rise in e-commerce.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

Messina's epidemic became pandemic, and the plague wiped out much of Europe.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

Major events like wars and pandemics also can disrupt those patterns, as can new technological developments and changing business models.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

History has also taught us that the gods like to dish out nasty surprises every few years: dot-com bubbles, subprime mortgage crises, pandemics, etc.

From MarketWatch Jun. 16, 2026

The World Health Organization said Friday that divided member states want up to a year of further negotiations on the missing piece of an international agreement on handling future pandemics.

From Barron's May 1, 2026

The research is helping shift how scientists view pandemics, emphasizing not only how they begin and spread but also how they affect daily life and social structures.

From Science Daily Apr. 23, 2026

Why hypothesize the existence of vast, super-deadly pandemics that seem unlike anything else in the historical record?

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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