afflicts

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Huntington’s disease afflicts about 40,000 patients in the U.S., and there are no current treatments that slow progression.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

This language disorder afflicts more than 1 in 300 Americans each year, including Wendy Williams and Bruce Willis.

From Science Daily • May 28, 2024

Though burnout afflicts workers in all professions, a Gallup poll in 2022 found that it hits teachers the hardest.

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2024

As far as economics is concerned, he has made cutting inflation, which stands at 287% annually, his clear priority, arguing that "the most regressive tax that most afflicts people is inflation".

From BBC • May 6, 2024

Now the elms are stricken with a disease that afflicts them throughout their range, a disease so serious that many experts believe all efforts to save the elms will in the end be futile.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson