malady
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When Alma is summoned to a doctor’s office to learn about Elisabet’s malady, the space—like Elisabet’s room itself—is characterless and denuded of nearly all décor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
The malady of wantonness and the disease of “more” are not exclusive to American shores.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026
“Maddie’s Secret” isn’t much of a secret, not if you remember those made-for-TV malady movies that turned subjects like bulimia into hypnotic melodramas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
Some believed that the latest epidemic was of a "mystical malady", a common belief in some remote areas of the DRC.
From Barron's ● May 24, 2026
Another malady suffered by the Berkeley transplants was severe culture shock.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
The odds of these maladies rise dramatically in your 80s, but serious health challenges are not uncommon in your 70s, as I sadly saw with my late sister earlier this year.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 23, 2026
One condition alone can be difficult to address, but intertwined maladies further complicate matters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026
As Valentin pledges more of himself to his party, he is plagued by nightmares and eerie maladies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
"They treat a whole host of maladies," said Thomas Patton, a professor at New York state's Union College who has studied Myanmar's mystics.
From Barron's ● Dec. 21, 2025
If undetected, it can lie dormant in the human body for years before erupting in a positive fiesta of maladies.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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