afflicted

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This partly explains, Cembalest writes, the deindustrialization that has afflicted its economy so debilitatingly in the last few years.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 9, 2026

The West African country has long been afflicted by civil war, foreign military interventions, and Islamist insurgencies.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

Random abdominal pains have afflicted me since college — the price of a stressful job, I always figured.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

You’re no less afflicted if you’re a supporter who feels threatened when somebody says something negative about him.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 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