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pandemic

[pan-dem-ik] / pænˈdɛm ɪk /


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With China's economy still struggling to recover from the pandemic, even global fashion icons are beginning to feel the pinch as consumers turn instead to the second-hand market or buy upstart new homegrown brands.

From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026

He started looking for a job in earnest at a time when companies pulled back on hiring graduates after a pandemic hiring spree.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

I began noticing their absence most acutely when restaurants reopened after the first wave of the pandemic.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

Teams had to wipe down the balls after using them during the COVID-19 pandemic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Steve Malone, too, compared Mount St. Helens to the pandemic.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

Bunch “briefed the Regents on his efforts to navigate the dual pandemics caused by the Coronavirus and issues surrounding race, racism, and racial identity,” the minutes of the June 2020 meeting stated.

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026

A major challenge in studying historical pandemics is figuring out exactly when ancient infections occurred.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

He added that El Niño, as well as global shipping disruption and the threat of pandemics, mean you cannot "just rely on the private sector coming through every single time".

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

Narrated through 18 voices, the book is set in a dystopian future America reeling from a series of pandemics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

They seem to have an occasional accident, but they have not yet, so far as I know, produced global pandemics.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan


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