contagion
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He said Boutcher believed this would have carried an "unacceptable risk" of serious and prolonged disorder, with "a wider contagion effect".
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Edwards reckons the so-called Asian contagion was “entirely predictable” as was the dot-com bubble of the late 90s in the U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
Trouble with its debt "could trigger contagion" across AI finance as a whole, he added.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
“There are signs of contagion as the yields of other debt-laden peripheral Eurozone economies surged higher as seen for Greece and Italy,” the analysts added.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Emotional contagion, though, suggests that the opposite is also true.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
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Whether caused by geopolitical conflict, health contagions or extreme weather, supply-chain crises will likely be a permanent fixture of the economy until global supply chains build in greater resilience.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026
After tuberculosis and COVID-19 cases, both highly infectious contagions, were confirmed there, Escobar said that employees told her not to enter a certain area because detainees had yet to be tested.
From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2026
Long ties, which are created through randomly rewired edges that make them 'longer,' accelerate the spread of social contagions.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 23, 2024
The idea is that NTT's e-nose can be used not just to sniff out any contagions, but also how fresh - or not - a foodstuff is.
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2023
For nigh on two weeks, our clothes have seen neither water nor soap, and they are now considerably enstyed by the muck of the deck and the contagions of the air.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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Vocabulary lists containing contagion
"The Masque of the Red Death" by Edgar Allan Poe
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