ailment
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October 12 Muti’s Ailment Said to Be Caused by Exhaustion and Stress Stomach pains have forced the conductor to withdraw from performances.
From New York Times • Oct. 12, 2010
Worst Ailment, worse than pneumonia or cancer, in that it handicaps or kills more people yearly, is the group of ailments called heart disease.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Then the little Ailment related to the Editor stories of Russia, and the East, and all sorts of wonderful things.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, January 18, 1890 by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir
The poor little Ailment entered the apartment, and found a Gentleman seated in front of a desk covered with papers.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, January 18, 1890 by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir
One day the feeble little Ailment was wandering aimlessly about in search of a resting-place, when it came upon an enormous establishment thronged with thousands of working-men.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, January 18, 1890 by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir
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Chains
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