scourge

Example Sentences

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Arooj Shah, Chair of the LGA's Neighbourhoods Committee, said: "Councils want to work with government to tackle the scourge of fly-tipping and protect our communities from environmental crime."

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

Countries on Saturday elected Chile's COP climate summit chief negotiator to revive stalled talks on striking a landmark global treaty tackling the scourge of plastic pollution.

From Barron's • Feb. 7, 2026

The latest novel by Lionel Shriver, literary darling turned literary-world scourge, doesn’t come out until mid-February, and it’s already polarizing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 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

He regarded the cover of her book, a romance about a Moorish boy who becomes the scourge of the Seven Seas.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead