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Further, they can be hard for primary care doctors, who might not be familiar with every tick-borne affliction, to catch.

From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026

Beyond entertainment, Shepard devoted herself to raising awareness for sickle cell anemia after a friend died of the affliction.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026

But lately, it is drawing attention for those drugs’ success at clearing a more familiar affliction: acne.

From Barron's ● Feb. 3, 2026

For Belichick, they say, it's part love of the game, part love for coaching, and part an affliction that has ailed many great sports figures: an inability to know when to say goodbye.

From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2026

“My niece Penelope has an affliction of the foot,” she said, shooting me a look that could have set fire to kindling wood.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

It joins a family of facial afflictions that also includes “necklace lines,” “Crows’ feet” and “elevens”—the wrinkles between the eyebrows.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026

Like many chronic afflictions, Mets fandom can be hereditary or acquired.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026

Meanwhile, physical afflictions can be ameliorated via automated systems that adjust indoor conditions in response to signs of animal distress.

From Salon ● May 15, 2024

He said at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books last April that writing his memoir “Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing,” helped in his recovery from his various afflictions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2024

In spite of time, of the superimposed periods of mourning, and her accumulated afflictions, Úrsula resisted growing old.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez