pandemic
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The sales trends have arrived after the luxury industry hiked prices over the 2020s, following the pandemic and overlapping supply disruptions, leading to distrust among some consumers.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
As California governor over the past eight years, he survived a recall election, launched a podcast called "This is Gavin Newsom," and oversaw emergency responses to natural disasters including wildfires and the Covid-19 pandemic.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
Scott Carrick began watching cricket on television during the pandemic and gradually figured out the nuances.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
I’m not wishing another pandemic on us, mind you.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
The other two are nouns as well as adjectives: epidemic refers to something widespread in a particular community or population, and pandemic to something that has spread to an entire country, continent, or beyond.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
In areas such as climate science, pandemics, artificial intelligence or medical research, public conversations frequently invoke scientific consensus.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 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
Historically, pandemics have happened multiple times a century, and many scholars believe that they’ll become more frequent due to climate change and deforestation.
From Slate ● Aug. 26, 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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