Example Sentences

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To do this, they combined detailed information about how each virus spreads with computer models that accounted for air travel, everyday commuting, and the possibility of superspreading events.

From Science Daily • Feb. 7, 2026

The researchers say this supports the idea of the market as the origin, rather than the pandemic starting elsewhere with the market adding fuel to the fire in a superspreading event.

From BBC • Sep. 19, 2024

Just shake it off, as Taylor Swift might say, while her summer tour dates become superspreading events.

From Salon • Aug. 10, 2024

In March 2020, the Austrian ski town of Ischgl—known for 239 kilometers of uninterrupted runs and an exuberant après-ski scene—suddenly became infamous as the site of the one of the first COVID-19 superspreading events.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 8, 2022

Most of the fans attending games at SoFi Stadium this season have been fully vaccinated, Ferrer said, and there has been no sign of superspreading events at the venue.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2022