afflicted

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AI-generated errors have afflicted customer service operations at some companies and have caused doctors and lawyers no end of grief, affecting their services to patients and clients.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

This partly explains, Cembalest writes, the deindustrialization that has afflicted its economy so debilitatingly in the last few years.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 9, 2026

The regular crowd shots of the waiting room too often reduce the afflicted into a zombie-like horde bent on making life more difficult for our beloved medical staff.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

McLaren had a difficult session afflicted by gearbox problems and world champion Lando Norris was down in 19th place.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

He died at age seventy-two of kidney cancer, a disease that afflicted many of the sailors who survived the K-19 disaster.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin