afflicting

Example Sentences

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What follows are the factors afflicting each region or market.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 17, 2026

Their bread-and-butter is comforting the most comfortable by afflicting the most afflicted.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2026

Their case is helped by the crisis afflicting Dundee University and evidence that much of further education is heading deep into the red and facing possible closures.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026

AI adoption isn’t just a problem afflicting one company, but nearly all of them, according to researchers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

Now comes the difficult part: you must provoke the animal that is afflicting you.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel