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malady

[mal-uh-dee] / ˈmæl ə di /


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That encounter is probably what left her grounded, Eksteen said, but it is probably not the cause of her underlying malady.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026

Some believed that the latest epidemic was of a "mystical malady", a common belief in some remote areas of the DRC.

From Barron's ● May 24, 2026

You are also suffering from a very modern malady: decision paralysis.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 17, 2026

By treating actual adults—the chat participants weren’t teenagers—with kid gloves, they contribute to the cultural malady of infantilization.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025

But she seemed afflicted with the same malady that depressed Gertrude’s spirits.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

The odds of these maladies rise dramatically in your 80s, but serious health challenges are not uncommon in your 70s, as I sadly saw with my late sister earlier this year.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 23, 2026

One condition alone can be difficult to address, but intertwined maladies further complicate matters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026

Both she and Cushman sought fashionable “hydropathy, or water cures” for painful maladies: Cushman suffered from breast cancer, and Stebbins from a respiratory affliction likely caused by inhaling marble dust.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026

"They treat a whole host of maladies," said Thomas Patton, a professor at New York state's Union College who has studied Myanmar's mystics.

From Barron's ● Dec. 21, 2025

Supplicants approach him and put their hands on his veiny arms and bony shoulders, seeking healing from maladies real or imagined.

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner


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