scourge

Example Sentences

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"We will never stop fighting to end the scourge of waste crime that scars our environment and communities."

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

It’s both a possibly sophisticated performance enhancer and the scourge of picky eaters, brand new to elite endurance athletes, but all too familiar to generations of intransigent five-year-olds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

By 1529, she had died, possibly succumbing to smallpox, a European scourge.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2026

They worried it could turn into deflation, a major scourge of the economy during the Great Depression in the 1930s.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 23, 2026

In trying to get rid of one insect, they have brought on a scourge of a much more destructive one.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson