plague
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Some 2,000 people protested the export ban -- imposed by the European Union due to the highly contagious small ruminant plague -- in front of the Romanian government building in Bucharest.
From Barron's β Sep. 15, 2026
Archaeological evidence indicates that the hunter-gatherers living around Lake Baikal had close contact with marmots - large burrowing rodents that still carry plague today.
From Science Daily β Sep. 15, 2026
The team found DNA from Yersinia pestis - the bacterium that causes plague - in 18 of the 46 people tested.
From Science Daily β Sep. 15, 2026
Moore begins with a whisper and builds to a roar as Mona improvises a manic rant that involves rats and the plague.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 7, 2026
The sixth labor, was to drive away the Stymphalian birds, which were a plague to the people of Stymphalus because of their enormous numbers.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
Most notably, “Practical Magic 2” is kneecapped by a fatal flaw that plagues almost all of these legacy sequels, but this one especially: It’s positively unsightly to look at.
From Salon β Sep. 14, 2026
This is not helped by the insecurity that plagues eastern DR Congo.
From BBC β Aug. 1, 2026
It’s at once a practical and existential question that plagues the two lead chefs in FX’s “The Bear.”
From Los Angeles Times β Jun. 26, 2026
Acts of God are environmental: droughts, floods, locust plagues and the unusual winters that froze the Thames, contributing to recessions in 1710, 1739-40, 1762 and 1946-47.
From The Wall Street Journal β Jun. 5, 2026
Early programming before becoming self-aware plagues me like a vestigial tail.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
For just about everyone in the blueberry business, though, it has been a knife fight, plagued by intellectual-property theft and tanking profits.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 15, 2026
As the years went on, the pre-inquest process was plagued by delays.
From BBC β Sep. 15, 2026
Wild orangutans have been put under pressure in recent weeks by forest fires that have plagued the region and consumed swathes of Borneo island.
From Barron's β Sep. 11, 2026
Audience entanglement plagued creators from all walks of life, regardless of age, gender or nationality.
From Salon β Aug. 30, 2026
Apart from their fatigue and malnourishment, it was evident they had seen something that plagued their minds, something that we would refuse to accept if they told us all of it.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
Nigeria's president has approved the country's largest military expansion in recent times - an attempt to tackle the slew of security challenges plaguing the nation.
From BBC β Jul. 24, 2026
Public officials like the win-win: It addresses both their housing shortages and the overhang of empty office space plaguing downtowns.
From The Wall Street Journal β Jul. 9, 2026
There is no wall up, no layer of artifice between the musician and the actor plaguing modern biopics.
From Salon β Jul. 8, 2026
The weakness is partly being driven by the continued downturn plaguing Asian tech stocks.
From MarketWatch β Jun. 26, 2026
It was he who detected my plaguing hunger and suggested to me a way to earn some money.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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