pandemic

Example Sentences

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The announcement immediately triggered a global stock market panic, resulting in the largest decline since 2020, when the stock market crashed during the Covid-19 pandemic.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

The pandemic had set in and his then-10 parrots were fast outgrowing their London house.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

That hasn’t been the case more recently, partly because the stocks have nearly quadrupled since their pandemic bottoms.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

The woman said things came to a head during the Coronavirus pandemic when people were limited in the contact they were allowed to have with each other.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

And even this enormous force might not have overcome the empire if while Cortes was building his ships Tenochtitlan had not been swept by smallpox in the same pandemic that later wiped out Tawantinsuyu.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann