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ailment

[ayl-muhnt] / ˈeɪl mənt /


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As it turns out, the ailment was more minor than that.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

One year after the fire, Christine Moore died unexpectedly with a heart ailment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

"It's really amazing to see that something that's supposed to prevent a physical ailment can also help keep our brain healthy, too."

From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026

Lying on the ground and kicking up a cloud of dust, the elephant slowly exhausted himself in futile attempts to stand, the latest potential victim of a still-mysterious ailment in southern Kenya.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

They prefer to take it for granted that we only die because we get sick, with one lethal ailment or another, and if we did not have our diseases we might go on indefinitely.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

And those are just the ailments he and the Dodgers have spoken about publicly.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

The Vatican has historically been very secretive about papal health, but began to be more transparent during the illness of Leo's predecessor Francis, an Argentine who freely discussed his ailments.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

Drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound are increasingly used for a wide range of ailments.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

When that didn’t cure him, he turned to a Santa Monica shaman who believed generational trauma caused the actor’s ailments.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

And then she smiled at him, and said, "Mother says that rice pudding in sufficient quantity will help to stave off chills and colds and other autumnal ailments."

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman


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