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malaise

[ma-leyz, -muh-, ma-lez] / mæˈleɪz, -mə-, maˈlɛz /


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Our malaise wasn’t helped by the White House’s announced concert lineup at the Great American State Fair, scheduled to run in Washington, D.C., from June 25 to July 10.

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026

"People get what we call malaise - achy in the muscles and the joints, and eventually developing some vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhoea," which he tells the BBC is "true for a lot of illnesses".

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Surging demand for chip makers has lifted major indexes from their wartime malaise.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

One sign of the malaise outside tech is that many blue-chip stocks have been hitting 52-week lows lately.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Burnham hoped for an early cure to the nation’s financial malaise, but the economy did not oblige.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson




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