plague

After a plague wipes out most of humanity, Jacob Elordi’s mechanic and Josh Brolin’s ex-Marine debate their different visions of survival in the director’s newest sci-fi story.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

To tackle the severe droughts and water shortages that plague the country, Kazakhstan has resorted to cloud seeding, a weather modification method previously unseen in Central Asia.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

But only about 57% of its 100-plus recommendations, external have reportedly been implemented - and paper leaks continue to plague exams.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

Newsom drew a parallel to the plague of retail theft that captivated the state not long ago, and which the state has successfully combated.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

It was Cataure, Visitación’s brother, who had left the house fleeing from the insomnia plague and of whom there had never been any news.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

This is not helped by the insecurity that plagues eastern DR Congo.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

We’ve had plagues and climate change before, to some degree, but until the Manhattan Project, humans weren’t really in control of that kind of existential, destructive power.

From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026

Government inefficiency still plagues the country, and it has the worst pollution on the planet.

From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026

Cazzu hails from the province of Jujuy, miles away from the musical snobbery that plagues much of Buenos Aires, and her genuine investment in a pan-Latino idiom is contagious.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2025

That’s why Ophie was tensed in the parlor, waiting to see if the cousins would descend upon her like one of the seven plagues the pastor back in Darling always talked about.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland

Injuries have plagued Goretzka from a young age to a degree that we will never exactly know where his true ceiling could have been in his 20s.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

In the parish seat—where the downtown is lined with well-preserved, historic buildings—Landry said the project will help keep Louisianians in Louisiana and stem the population loss that has plagued the state.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

"Astrophysics has been plagued by a massive discrepancy in the cosmic ledger," says Gallardo.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026

It’s still pastiche, but unbeholden to the nostalgia-obsessed, highly referential style that has plagued so much contemporary media, like “Stranger Things,” “Super 8” and “Wonder Woman 1984.”

From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026

The dysfunction was so rampant, we regularly had to have meetings to address the issues that plagued our team.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

Nigeria's president has approved the country's largest military expansion in recent times - an attempt to tackle the slew of security challenges plaguing the nation.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

Common munitions, compatible maintenance capabilities, pooled inventories, shared procurement—all were strengthened at the summit, helping to overcome the fragmentation plaguing much of European defense.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

There is no wall up, no layer of artifice between the musician and the actor plaguing modern biopics.

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026

The weakness is partly being driven by the continued downturn plaguing Asian tech stocks.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026

Even though the water has not been proven to contain any special properties, it was used in the elixir that seems to have helped many people overcome the sickness still plaguing so many outside Manifest.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool