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pestilence

[pes-tl-uhns] / ˈpɛs tl əns /


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

From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026

We can expect economic upheaval, famine and pestilence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026

Those concepts interlace in his ossuary, enlivened when he plays his tenderly kept records, remnants of human joy all but lost to a Rage pestilence.

From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2026

His study came on the heels of another one published last November, which found that nearly a third of southern Sierra forests were killed by wildfires, drought and pestilence over the last decade.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2023

To Nicolas, Amanda’s hostility was like a pestilence that had descended between them.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende


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