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plague spot



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“This is a plague spot, infecting the entire community,” complained William Miller Bowen, a former City Councilman who taught law classes.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2023

Long before Waksman began his work on soil, scientists had noted that if a diseased body is buried, the point of burial does not become a plague spot.

From Time Magazine Archive

He visited a colony of Catholic lepers alone, his guides dreading the plague spot.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Another plague spot," he cried, jerking his head in that direction.

From The Firm of Girdlestone by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

Early in the morning I shall look further into that plague spot of Cerverra's.

From Uncle Sam's Boys in the Philippines or, Following the Flag against the Moros by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)




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