plague
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The Antonine Plague, perhaps a form of smallpox, had begun to ravage the empire, as it would for more than a decade.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026
Plague is no longer found in the UK and the chance of it occurring in a person returning to the country is "very low", the government says.
From BBC • Jul. 12, 2025
Camus’ The Plague is set in Oran, and with this connection in mind he christens his new series of unflinching depictions of massacre.
From Slate • Jun. 6, 2025
“Like ‘Solar Bones’ and ‘This Plague of Souls,’ it will center around the idea of men building worlds,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2024
No Excalibur stuck in a stone, but I did find a tombstone from 1665; 1665 was the Plague Year.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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A Long Walk to Water
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