Example Sentences

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And if tech sneezes, global financial markets—starting with the U.S.—will catch a cold.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 5, 2025

It's a virus that spreads from person to person through close physical contact, coughs or sneezes and touching infected clothing, bedding or towels.

From BBC • Oct. 27, 2025

“When a major cloud provider sneezes, the internet catches a cold,” he told the Journal.

From Barron's • Oct. 21, 2025

The disease is transmitted through direct contact between people, or through airborne droplets in coughs and sneezes.

From BBC • Aug. 28, 2025

Her grandmother Lucy had told her that a lady never sneezes, burps, runs, screams, or cries in public.

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles