affliction
Example Sentences
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Like many chronic afflictions, Mets fandom can be hereditary or acquired.
Anxiety about the affliction is spreading, and the race for a cure is on.
Now that they are defanged, these countries’ remaining afflictions don’t threaten Americans or occupy the attention of senior U.S. national security officials.
Beyond entertainment, Shepard devoted herself to raising awareness for sickle cell anemia after a friend died of the affliction.
From Los Angeles Times
But lately, it is drawing attention for those drugs’ success at clearing a more familiar affliction: acne.
From Barron's
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