ague

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Added to that, they ague their aircraft are quiet and emissions-free.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2022

A century and a half later, malaria — or ague, as it was called — was rampant in the United States, especially on the frontier.

From Washington Post • Apr. 22, 2020

So while Shakespeare had his "canker in the bud", voguish words such as palsy, purge, apoplexy, ague and balm were used by Donne repeatedly to make his work sound cutting-edge.

From The Guardian • Nov. 24, 2012

This too shall pass, when the final games ends; and World Cup fever will again abate into soccer ague.

From Time • Jul. 10, 2010

He had to capture some character and get out of that rest room before his ague got so bad that the sergeant had to carry him to and from the booth every day.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole