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vaccinate

[vak-suh-nayt] / ˈvæk səˌneɪt /
VERB
give a shot to treat or prevent disease
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In response, wildlife teams started to vaccinate birds in the colony this week, said James Todd, chief biodiversity officer for the state of Victoria in which the island lies.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

It’s a good day if I can have a conversation with someone who doesn’t want to vaccinate, even if I don’t convince them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

"They may think there's problems with the vaccine, but there's a whole lot more problems if they don't vaccinate," she said.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

The Southwest Utah Public Health Department struggled to persuade parents to vaccinate their children despite the disease’s spread, said David Heaton, the department’s spokesman.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026

We imagined them liberating Angola and marching right on up the Congo River to vaccinate us all!

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

Walking into strangers' homes, Weiser says she tries her best to be respectful and non-intrusive as she vaccinates dozens of family members against the measles, sometimes around the kitchen table.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

The new U.S. vaccination guidelines are much closer to those of Denmark, which routinely vaccinates its children against only 10 diseases.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 5, 2026

Refusing to import chicken meat from the United States if it vaccinates is a tempting retaliatory measure.

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 6, 2023

Castro and Raimondo said they are suffering only mild symptoms while Schiff said he is “feeling fine” — and touted the value of vaccinates and boosters.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 6, 2022

If poor judgment is used in caring for the vaccinated hogs, and the person who vaccinates them uses careless methods, heavy losses from acute indigestion, blood poisoning, or hog-cholera may occur.

From Common Diseases of Farm Animals by R. A. Craig, D.V.M.

Goldsmith is now calling on others to be vaccinated against the illness, describing the experience as "the most traumatic thing we've had to go through".

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Public-health leaders expect measles to keep spreading until they reach herd immunity, meaning some 95% of people have either contracted the virus or been vaccinated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

The agency also said the woman had been "vaccinated and had immunity to dangerous infections with which she worked".

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

Nearly 20,000 young people have been vaccinated in Wales through catch-up clinics, following a deadly outbreak of meningitis B in Kent earlier this year.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

“No, I haven’t. You see he’s an old dog. He was vaccinated long ago.”

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

A week after the Facebook page was shuttered, she said she remained undecided about vaccinating her children, explaining that she and her husband worried about possible side effects.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

But the CDC does recommend vaccinating infants when they are between 6 and 11 months old if they’re either traveling internationally or at risk of measles exposure during an outbreak.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026

It doesn’t want to spend money vaccinating children against bugs they are unlikely to encounter, even if they could be hospitalized if they do.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 6, 2026

The US has recommended vaccinating newborns against hepatitis B since 1991, and data suggests that since then, the shots have prevented an estimated 90,000 deaths.

From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2025

They frantically tried to create an epidemiological “firebreak” by vaccinating ahead of the disease.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann


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