germs
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Germs can live for hours outside the body on surfaces.
From BBC • Jan. 10, 2023
Germs can spread in the fluids, and in large crowds of birds all tweeting at top volume.
From Slate • Dec. 6, 2022
The Chicana singer better known as Alice Bag went steel toe to steel toe with the era’s heavy hitters like the Germs, Black Flag and X in her band the Bags.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2022
Workers unexpectedly unearthed hundreds of bone fragments from unmarked graves, prompting the newspaper headline “Hideous Germs Lurk in Underground Air.”
From Washington Post • Aug. 31, 2022
Germs thus acquired ultimately from domestic animals played decisive roles in the European conquests of Native Americans, Australians, South Africans, and Pacific islanders.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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