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

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2022

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

“If I didn’t stay to see some of the fight,” she tells us, “I would forever be filled with the echoes of regret and the ague of remorse.”

From Washington Post

His legs trembled in an ague, and his eyes closed against the biting cloud.

From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck