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On screen, Guitarrica’s expressive and angular visage conveys the fright and uncertainty that afflict his character, who is desperate for tenderness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

Sleepless nights still afflict Maria occasionally but box breathing is something she knows can help her deal with periods that might feel overwhelming.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

The cost of common conditions that afflict retirees — from chronic illness to cardiovascular disease to cognitive decline — can deplete your savings with alarming speed.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 15, 2026

We see the brothers standing in the center, unharmed; the flames reaching out to afflict everyone around them; and the observers on high looking perplexed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 22, 2025

In fact, it was the same foot fungus that a hundred and ten years later would afflict the famous ballplayer Clyde Livingston.

From "Holes" by Louis Sachar

Ortega brings the right wide-eyed wonder to this kindly android that just wants to be Josie’s pal, having no idea about a secret medical condition that afflicts Josie.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

There are currently no approved drugs that can slow progression of the brutal neuro-degenerative disease, which afflicts about 40,000 Americans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025

But if Ireland’s radically asymmetrical relationship with the U.S. is distinctive, the crisis it represents is global and afflicts many other small and medium-size nations.

From Salon ● Mar. 16, 2025

Another goal of Measure A is to reduce the number of people on the street suffering from severe mental illness, which according to the latest census afflicts more than 15,000 of the county’s homeless people.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2024

It could certainly make sure that everyone had equal wealth—but that would just add to the plague of boredom that afflicts the immortal.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

Verstappen and Hamilton were the first of a number of cars that were afflicted by a software issue that left them unable to do more than crawl along.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

His teenage crush, afflicted by illness, welcomes it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Throughout this year, the entire country seems to have been afflicted with the weather-app blues.

From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026

They interviewed 191 afflicted people, and found that 177 reported eating at Mexican-style restaurants including Chipotle Mexican Grill and Qdoba before their illness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

What most afflicted him with the sense of nightmare was that he had never clearly understood why the huge imposture was undertaken.

From "1984" by George Orwell

Belt-tightening afflicting millions of households is having an impact, she noted.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

He explains how he believes Alcaraz’s tragic death likely came to be and how officers have become desensitized to issues afflicting America’s prisons.

From Slate ● Aug. 13, 2026

Moreover, they are a nuisance in dense urban neighborhoods, afflicting residents with the omnipresent hum of compressors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

In 2005, Boeing agreed to pay $30 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that pollutants from the hilltop lab were responsible for range of cancers, auto-immune disorders and tumors afflicting nearby residents.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026

Or if one wished to think biologically rather than architecturally, the body politic had yet to develop its immunities to the political diseases afflicting all new nations.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis