silent
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WHO's Africa regional director Mohamed Yakub Janabi said Ebola had had a silent early phase, when symptoms resemble malaria or typhoid, meaning transmission can remain undetected.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
Brontë was fascinated by silent crypts and tormenting passions.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Inherited genetic mutations may also stay silent for decades before increasing the risk of diseases such as cancer or fibrosis later in life.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
In 1926, director Cecil B. DeMille hired hundreds of workers to build a set of Jerusalem inside the DeMille Studios in Culver City for the classic silent film “The King of Kings.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
Too late, Torak realized that Wolf had not been growling at the auroch -but at these silent assailants.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
Vocabulary lists containing silent
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -ant, -ent
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Spelling Practice 2, Unit 8
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"First They Came for the Communists"
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