affliction
Example Sentences
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But lately, it is drawing attention for those drugs’ success at clearing a more familiar affliction: acne.
From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026
For Belichick, they say, it's part love of the game, part love for coaching, and part an affliction that has ailed many great sports figures: an inability to know when to say goodbye.
From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026
It’s the affliction of overthinking: If it walks like a duck, and talks like a duck, wait, hold on, it must be a chandelier.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025
On Tuesday night, he promised to “work across party lines to find a national solution to the age-old plague of gerrymandering, and in particular, to the more recent affliction of mid-decade gerrymandering.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2025
When the master made his rounds, she kept her hand over her mouth, lest she call attention to her affliction.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
Vocabulary lists containing affliction
100 SAT Words Beginning with "A"
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 1–7
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"Beowulf," Vocabulary from the epic poem
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