- present tense form of afflict (3rd person singular).
afflicts
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Ortega brings the right wide-eyed wonder to this kindly android that just wants to be Josie’s pal, having no idea about a secret medical condition that afflicts Josie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
Yet only by accident has the U.K. come to suffer a more obvious instability than afflicts other countries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
But if Ireland’s radically asymmetrical relationship with the U.S. is distinctive, the crisis it represents is global and afflicts many other small and medium-size nations.
From Salon ● Mar. 16, 2025
In her early 40s, Lane was diagnosed with post-polio syndrome, which afflicts between 25% and 40% of childhood polio survivors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2024
It could certainly make sure that everyone had equal wealth—but that would just add to the plague of boredom that afflicts the immortal.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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