- plural of germ.
germs
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Before Carlilse joined the Go-Go’s, she had a brief stint as the singer of the Germs with Smear on guitar.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2025
Germs can live for hours outside the body on surfaces.
From BBC • Jan. 10, 2023
Germs don’t magically jump from the toilet seat to the urinary tract, she explains.
From Slate • Oct. 12, 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
My minimal coverage of Japan in previous editions of Guns, Germs, and Steel constituted the most important geographic lacuna of my book.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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