plague

After a plague wipes out most of humanity, Jacob Elordi’s mechanic and Josh Brolin’s ex-Marine debate their different visions of survival in the director’s newest sci-fi story.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

To tackle the severe droughts and water shortages that plague the country, Kazakhstan has resorted to cloud seeding, a weather modification method previously unseen in Central Asia.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

But only about 57% of its 100-plus recommendations, external have reportedly been implemented - and paper leaks continue to plague exams.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

Newsom drew a parallel to the plague of retail theft that captivated the state not long ago, and which the state has successfully combated.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

The plague god himself squatted on a throne made of old, stripped-down locomotives.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

This is not helped by the insecurity that plagues eastern DR Congo.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

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

The catalyst for Jonathan Glatzer to create “The Audacity,” AMC’s dark satire of Silicon Valley that takes aim at the desperation that plagues it, began as a father witnessing his teenage son’s relationship with tech.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026

But the fall of Spirit is a symptom of a deeper pathology that plagues both the American airline and automobile industries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026

One day she lifted the lid—and out flew plagues innumerable, sorrow and mischief for mankind.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Audience entanglement plagued creators from all walks of life, regardless of age, gender or nationality.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026

As the luminous, sweet and steel-spined Doralee, she doesn’t just hold her own, she shines, shattering the same sexist assumptions that often plagued Dolly.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

"Astrophysics has been plagued by a massive discrepancy in the cosmic ledger," says Gallardo.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026

Arsenal were plagued by injuries during the campaign and Arteta is trying to avoid those issues this time.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

So the rest of us wouldn’t be plagued by insects, Hugh, the boy who had bees living in his stomach, ate under a large mosquito net at a table for one in the corner.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs

Earlier this month, the Los Angeles Dodgers finally diagnosed the problem that had been plaguing Roki Sasaki ever since he arrived from Japan last year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

Nigeria's president has approved the country's largest military expansion in recent times - an attempt to tackle the slew of security challenges plaguing the nation.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

There is no wall up, no layer of artifice between the musician and the actor plaguing modern biopics.

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026

The weakness is partly being driven by the continued downturn plaguing Asian tech stocks.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026

“So the more he talk to me, the more and more upsetter he’s getting for no cause atall. So when he finally leave, I’m standing there scratching my head wondering what’s plaguing him.”

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis