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to pass something harmful (such as a disease) to someone or something else
If you come to work when you're sick, you'll infect everyone in the office.
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What's worse, being infected by a sadistic demonic entity that feeds off its victims' trauma or the crushing loneliness of superstardom?
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Megan McCluskey, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
These two cases bring the total number of humans infected with bird flu by diseased dairy cattle to six.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
All species of iris can be infected.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2024
The main symptom in both cases was red eyes, or conjunctivitis, a sign that a person has been infected through their eyes.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
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Megan McCluskey, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
These two cases bring the total number of humans infected with bird flu by diseased dairy cattle to six.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
All species of iris can be infected.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2024
The main symptom in both cases was red eyes, or conjunctivitis, a sign that a person has been infected through their eyes.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Infected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infected. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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