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plague

[pleyg] / pleɪg /




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Smart, ambitious and dogged, she is not burdened by a dark past or traumatic pain or the generally dour outlook that plague so many of her peers.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

"These things were like plague proportions. You drive around at night and you just see mice running everywhere."

From BBC • May 30, 2026

Yet many of the challenges that have long prevented American companies from making big investments there still plague the country.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

There is no vaccine or treatment for the Bundibugyo strain responsible for the current Ebola outbreak, the 17th to plague the vast central African country of more than 100 million people.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

They’d give the land back to Daddy, just so they wouldn’t have to worry about an outbreak of bubonic plague or orchard-inhabiting alligators again.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan




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