infect

Example Sentences

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The law doesn’t allow ulterior motives to infect plan investments.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

The virus is so contagious that any misstep could kill the patient on board and infect the crew members, who would then be vectors to spread the deadly pathogens across America.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

South Koreans hailed their latest cultural product to infect the world with "K-syndrome" -- the irresistible surrender to the country's movies, music, books, fashion and cuisine.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

Scientists have revealed how viruses that infect bacteria shut down MurJ, a protein essential for building the bacterial cell wall.

From Science Daily • Feb. 28, 2026

The idea is that about 15,000 years ago a chance mutation let the virus “jump the species barrier,” as scientists say, and infect human beings.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann