back; backing; going backwards; background; backdrop; backhand; backer
vivid; brightly colored; brilliant; radiant
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; CDC
prevention; precaution; protection against
current administration; present government
exorbitant; outrageous; ridiculous; absurd; excessive; inordinate
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
fit; spasm; attack; seizure
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
release; emission; ejection
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
buzz; hum; shake (with vigor); shaking
incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting
silencing (e.g. machine); muffling; muting (e.g. TV)
decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay
weakness; debility; breakdown; prostration
on the brink of collapse; in a state of near-collapse
projection; protrusion; lump; bulge
to push someone (towards); to encourage someone
personal statement; verbal or informal, unsubstantiated assertion
to stare at each other; to lock eyes with
tiny amount (degree, extent); paltry amount; slightest bit
to be too numerous; to be too much
inattention; absent-mindedness
sympathy; compassion; pity
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
base; mean; vulgar; despicable; low
dozens; scores of; decades
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
something's wrong (with someone); not right (in the head); not oneself; crazy; nuts
to cause trouble; to cause a disturbance
incompletion; incomplete; unfinished
toxicity; virulence; toxic; virulent; poisonous
to be urgent; to be pressing; to be imminent