affliction

The mystery affliction has killed at least 19 pachyderms, mostly females or young males, since June in Kenya -- with all of the animals exhibiting identical symptoms, including partial paralysis.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

Further, they can be hard for primary care doctors, who might not be familiar with every tick-borne affliction, to catch.

From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026

When hearing loss in middle age drove him to rely on hearing aids, he credited the affliction with sharpening his awareness of the world around him—and enhancing his art.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 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

He felt strong enough to meet and overcome affliction, strong enough to face even Iceland.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

During a 2015 talk, Erikson called Katrina “far and away the most telling disaster of our national experience,” whose long-lasting consequences revealed all manner of societal afflictions: mismanagement of infrastructure, political corruption, inequality, racism.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025

Francis has spoken openly about her personal afflictions over the course of her career.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2025

But to experience divine visions through the mortal body came at great physical cost, often in the form of seizures, migraines and other afflictions.

From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2024

“We call upon our congregations to stand strong with those facing such afflictions by this year foregoing any unnecessarily festive activities,” they wrote.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 16, 2023

In spite of time, of the superimposed periods of mourning, and her accumulated afflictions, Úrsula resisted growing old.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez