commonalities
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It can take up to two weeks for cyclosporiasis symptoms to develop, so health departments have been asking people who get sick to document what they ate over a two-week period to find commonalities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
With nearly 200 cases reported in their county alone, the Washtenaw County Health Department in southeastern Michigan is trying to find any commonalities among patients, said Susan Ringler-Cerniglia, spokeswoman for the county health department.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Different places, similar forces These incidents span vastly different settings—a tourist hotspot, a public health campus, a military base, city neighborhoods, a music event, and a rural bar—yet they share troubling commonalities:
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2025
Other impulses surround them: the impulse to not be alone, to hear a loved one’s voice, to connect with other people who share your identity group and political commonalities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2025
They are more complex than they were on that walk to the windmill so many years ago, but they still have much in common, and their commonalities shine.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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