afflicted
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This partly explains, Cembalest writes, the deindustrialization that has afflicted its economy so debilitatingly in the last few years.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 9, 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
Random abdominal pains have afflicted me since college — the price of a stressful job, I always figured.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026
Their bread-and-butter is comforting the most comfortable by afflicting the most afflicted.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2026
But unlike the undulant fever that had afflicted him more than a decade prior, he didn’t get better.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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