scourge
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The New York Police Department is making progress on tackling the scourge of retail theft that has hit businesses across the city—and the nation—in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said the latest numbers were "shocking" and the government "stands against the scourge of antisemitism".
From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026
By 1529, she had died, possibly succumbing to smallpox, a European scourge.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2026
They worried it could turn into deflation, a major scourge of the economy during the Great Depression in the 1930s.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 23, 2026
About this time, this destroying scourge, the malignant fever, crept in among us.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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