affliction

"Type 2 diabetes is an affliction in Oklahoma and nationally," he said.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026

And for people who use their voices frequently, there’s laryngeal dystonia—an affliction also suffered by radio host Diane Rehm.

From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2026

Olay launched a face-and-neck-lifting treatment earlier this year and is marketing the product partly as a solution to the affliction.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 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

People in the lane say the fit is an affliction and now I know what affliction means.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt

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

Now that they are defanged, these countries’ remaining afflictions don’t threaten Americans or occupy the attention of senior U.S. national security officials.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026

Burnett never insists that they’re the sane ones, nor does he infantilize Fish and Poinsettia’s afflictions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2025

But to experience divine visions through the mortal body came at great physical cost, often in the form of seizures, migraines and other afflictions.

From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2024

“Many are the afflictions of the righteous, and the Lord delivers him out of them all. But you know, Leah, sometimes He doesn’t deliver us out of our hardships but through them.”

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver