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The pattern is a sort of repetition compulsion, afflicting Democratic movers and shakers along with the party as an institution.

Alhurra is subject to the same forces afflicting all TV networks, with audiences increasingly finding their news on TikTok and YouTube.

But the malady afflicting much of the Dodgers lineup seems to have infected the third baseman with a particularly virulent strain.

Then and now, elected officials were blaming immigrants for all the supposed maladies afflicting this country.

Traditionally, we approached our jobs in the press as comforting the afflicted and afflicting the comfortable.