See herxing on Wiktionary
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"ref": "2019 July 22, Molly Fischer, “Maybe it’s Lyme”, in New York magazine:",
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"ref": "2021 December, Sam Kriss, “It’s not all in your head”, in First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, page 12:",
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