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pestilence

[pes-tl-uhns] / ˈpɛs tl əns /


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Without them, we’d live in a world of putridity and pestilence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026

Invasive species came in all guises: foreign pestilence, foreign capital, and the developers.

From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026

Comparing the reality TV villain-turned-Snapchat star-turned-Los Angeles mayoral candidate to pestilence is not meant to be an insult.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2026

He is the master of pestilence and disease; famine.

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2025

A pestilence of rain we received, the likes of which we had never seen or dreamed about in Georgia.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver


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