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The Dodgers had opened Pandora’s box, and out would fly a lockout, a pall of smoke over their games, and a plague of locusts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

The directors suggest Black Rock City has been visited upon by a plague of plutocrats and anarchists.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

And the biggest plague, the one that never seems to go away, is deep-seated resentment for, often outright hostility to, mothers and the work of parenting.

From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2026

The positioning remained impressively accurate, without the blind spots or wandering location dots that often plague consumer pet trackers.

From Slate ● Jun. 20, 2026

Given the extreme weather conditions that constantly plague the area around where both the Erebus and the Terror lie, excavating the wrecks present an enormous challenge.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler

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

Soccer, Luna believes, represents an affront to the individualistic mindset that plagues today’s world because, by nature, it must happen in community.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026

For many people, locust swarms evoke images of ancient plagues, but the danger is very real today.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 24, 2026

"Now there is only one evil left that plagues the village."

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin

In addition to the new division, three new army headquarters will be set up in north-east and central Nigeria - areas plagued by Islamist militants, banditry and clashes between farmers and herders.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

Boeing’s 777X, an upgraded version of its popular 777, has been plagued by production and regulatory challenges that have delayed its entry-into-service by seven years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

Bean representative rather than deal with yet another AI assistant on a the website from a company whose parent company is plagued by data leaks.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026

But conflicts with the more traditional guard plagued his tenure.

From Barron's ● Jul. 16, 2026

The more you stayed away from Levy Pants, the more it plagued you.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

Runtime is a problem "plaguing every humanoid company" Griffin says – locomotion and moving joints are power consuming.

From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026

He has devoted a surprising amount of time and energy into relaying the minute engineering problems plaguing this shallow pool on the National Mall.

From Slate ● Jun. 4, 2026

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has, historically, been very public about his concerns about what is plaguing the nation’s well-being.

From Salon ● May 15, 2026

Holding one coach, or one company, to account will not eliminate the institutional rot plaguing women’s sports.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

Bangala, for example, the poisonwood tree that was plaguing us all half to death.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver