plague

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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

Though Felix was glad to have set out from Switzerland ahead of the plague, the road ahead wasn’t any less perilous.

From The Wall Street Journal • 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 finding suggests that livestock may have played a role in the spread of plague during the Bronze Age, helping explain how the disease traveled so widely across Eurasia.

From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 2026

But when their two sons had grown to manhood Thebes was visited by a terrible plague.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton