afflict
Example Sentences
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AI adoption isn’t just a problem afflicting one company, but nearly all of them, according to researchers.
We see the brothers standing in the center, unharmed; the flames reaching out to afflict everyone around them; and the observers on high looking perplexed.
Hay fever, also known as allergic rhinitis, afflicts an estimated 50 million Americans annually, according to the American College of Asthma, Allergy and Immunology.
From Los Angeles Times
Even as the afflicted Americans attempt to piece together their lives, there remained warnings of even more possible tornados and thunderstorms.
From Salon
It turns out these slimy specimens can tell scientists a lot about not only the health of gorillas but also diseases that may afflict humans as well — and the interaction between the two.
From Washington Post
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