ailments

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Some local residents have long pressed leaders to act, saying that intrusive noise could worsen post-traumatic stress disorder and other ailments.

From Salon • Apr. 27, 2026

Summers can be deadly in India, where the scorching heat causes various heat-related ailments in people and has even resulted in deaths.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

Woods has grown comfortable with his aging, quasi-emeritus role, cracking wise about the sport’s up-and-comers and his various old man ailments.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

Earlier this season, James characterized his ailments as being simply “old.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

He’d been laid low with various intestinal ailments for most of the expedition and was finally getting his strength back.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer