plagued
Example Sentences
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For those who make a living in tourism, the Timber fire marks nature’s latest blow to Big Sur, a beloved, yet often plagued, coastal locale.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
The festival brought eight days of music, thousands of people and tens of millions of pounds of investment to a city once plagued by fear and violence.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Chinese-provided solar panels have popped up across the country, offering an unlikely bright spot for a power grid plagued by fuel shortages, crumbling infrastructure and near-daily blackouts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
South Africa is plagued by violence, but extensive research has found that white South African farmers are not victims of crime at higher rates than other groups.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026
Lotus complained many times to Wang Lung that his children were a plague to her and she wished there were a way to lock them out so that she need not be plagued with them.
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
