Example Sentences

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By 1966, the United States had eradicated screwworms, but livestock remained vulnerable to reinfestation from screwworms migrating from Mexico.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

He had eradicated Schauffele's lead by the ninth hole.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2024

Centuries of hunting by humans had eradicated sea otters from most of the Alaskan coastline.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 22, 2023

Etienne said dwindling vaccination caused by the coronavirus pandemic had left many unprotected from polio, after vaccines had eradicated the disease in the region 30 years earlier.

From Reuters • Sep. 21, 2022

The code had eradicated every feeling of humanity, and avarice sought to stifle every sense of justice.

From Irish Race in the Past and the Present by Thebaud, Augustus J.