afflicted
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Throughout this year, the entire country seems to have been afflicted with the weather-app blues.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
After Gilles Villeneuve died and team-mate Didier Pironi suffered horrendous injuries, and with Renault afflicted by reliability issues, Keke Rosberg came through to take the title for Williams despite winning only one race.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
"If it's 35 degrees outside, it's over 40 degrees inside," said the 65-year-old, complaining that ageing residents were being afflicted with increasing headaches.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
But as one POW’s descendant told Mike Cherney, it’s also the best hope yet to close a wound that has afflicted his family for three generations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
This one massive miscarriage of justice had afflicted the whole community with despair and made it hard for me to be dispassionate.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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