outbreak

Example Sentences

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Officially, the delay is to give the agency more time to collect and analyze data from the ongoing nationwide measles outbreak.

From Salon

The outbreak occurred in the run-up to the May Bank Holiday and led to a significant impact on the local tourism economy.

From BBC

It even overwhelms his dawning understanding of Venice’s spreading cholera outbreak, as he concludes he would rather stay on vacation than save the boy—or himself.

From The Wall Street Journal

Up until the outbreak of war, one of the big themes of the new year was the diversification story, of asset managers piling into international equities and emerging markets.

From MarketWatch

He said he didn’t think a restrictive setting was needed for the economy because, before the latest outbreak of war, inflation had been on track to cool gradually.

From The Wall Street Journal