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Outbreaks of movie star Moore appearing in films like Exodus (9)

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epidemics

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'outbreaks' is the definition.
(epidemic is a kind of outbreak)

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(Other definitions for epidemics that I've seen before include "Widespread outbreaks of an infectious diseases" , "outbreaks of disease" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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