plague

Example Sentences

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The central region, one of the country's key centres of agricultural production, has already sustained major livestock losses over the past three years owing to floods and sheep plague.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

The economy, the outdoors, our culture, and our pride in this place — the plague of smog didn’t just change our character, it became a character in our lives, and a miserable one too.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

A Department for Transport spokesman said the report "rightly highlights the need to improve our roads" and pointed out that the government has raised the funding level to help councils "fix the pothole plague".

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

The scientists’ big breakthrough was figuring out how to turn them on and off so that target metals can be retrieved without the chemical inputs and waste that plague traditional metal processing, Su said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

She was probably avoiding me like I had the plague or something.

From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya