plight
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World powers are flying delegates to the Pacific to haggle over the fight against global warming, and to see the plight of island nations surrounded by a rising ocean.
From Barron's β Oct. 2, 2026
Now that their horrific plight coincides with Abraham and Szor’s second documentary, that goal stands to become a reality.
From Salon β Sep. 21, 2026
Hanna also wants the plight of the many others whose relatives have disappeared over the years to be heard too.
From BBC β Sep. 19, 2026
Hudson’s frustration mirrors the plight of many condo owners in America.
From MarketWatch β Sep. 18, 2026
Like Farmer, the priest believed in liberation theology as a “powerful rebuke to the hiding of poverty,” and he worked diligently to bring public awareness to the plight of rural Haitians.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
But they also meticulously track the chimps' friendships and social plights.
From Barron's β Jan. 15, 2026
The juxtaposition serves as a reminder of the timeless plights of teenagerhood.
From The Wall Street Journal β Dec. 26, 2025
Huezo honors these fearless women’s resilience in the face of their individual plights, which emanate from the same corrosive societal ills.
From Los Angeles Times β Jan. 20, 2025
I have lived in Lubbock, Texas, since 2020, among those labeled such, and can witness firsthand some of their life choices and plights.
From Salon β Dec. 14, 2024
If we were truly going to emulate the Freedom Riders, then our writing must transcend the walls of Room 203 and our individual plights and become a universal message.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
William Shakespeare wrote in "King Lear" that "Time shall unfold what plighted cunning hides. Who cover faults, at last shame them derides."
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 27, 2017
Well, in the words of Cordelia, “Time shall unfold what plighted cunning hides.”
From Washington Post β May 28, 2017
In 1891, thrown into each other's arms at the Lincoln Cooperative Congress, they secretly plighted their troth.
From Time Magazine Archive
The two plighted their troth in what was destined to become one of the strangest and most durable extracurricular alliances of modern times.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then he concluded, “But I flatter myself that some respect will be paid to the public interest, and to the plighted faith of the government.”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Yet plighting his troth to the party may have worried him more than he allowed.
From The Guardian β May 7, 2010
He doesn't help his case by plighting his troth at every opportunity.
From Time Magazine Archive
Folk Singer-Pacifist Joan Baez, 27, got married last week in a ceremony that was as much a demonstration of dissent as a plighting of troth.
From Time Magazine Archive
While the Asian giants were plighting their renewed affections, top Soviet officials continued their efforts to repair the 25-year-old schism between Moscow and Beijing.
From Time Magazine Archive
Left alone with the Dutchman, Senta rapturously vows her life to his salvation, and the scene ends with the plighting of their troth.
From The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. by J. A. Fuller-Maitland
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