outbreak

Example Sentences

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Tens of children have been infected by a "fast-spreading" measles outbreak in several north London schools, health officials have said.

From BBC

Economists can carefully tease apart the different causes of higher prices, in the same way that they focus on “core” inflation to isolate the general trend from unpredictable oil shocks and avian flu outbreaks.

From The Wall Street Journal

As demonstrated by the outbreaks of the English Civil War in 1642 and the French Revolution in 1789, fiscal breakdown caused a loss of political legitimacy.

From The Wall Street Journal

An outbreak of infection has left dogs stuck in their kennels for three weeks at a South Los Angeles shelter.

From Los Angeles Times

But with no money for quarantine or medications, there isn’t much they can do, so they expect the outbreak to get worse.

From Los Angeles Times