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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

The “true failures” that afflict the city “are choices made in the city of L.A.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

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

Yet only by accident has the U.K. come to suffer a more obvious instability than afflicts other countries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

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

Supporters say the proposed funding could give those afflicted with chronic illness hope and potentially more options for treatment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

Indonesia is afflicted by wildfires regularly during its dry season, but this year the blazes have been turbocharged by a powerful El Nino cycle, which typically brings drought.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 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

Alys watched her, and knew that the herbs in the mug would soothe the panic that had afflicted her, that soon she would calm and likely sleep for a bit.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry

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

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

A return to industrial musicals in the age of A.I. didn’t strike me as a solution for all the woes afflicting the performing arts, from pricey tickets to the increasingly blatant corporatization of the arts.

From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2026

The rolling, forested hills of Kentucky’s bourbon country are ground zero for the slowdown afflicting the U.S. alcohol industry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026

Their bread-and-butter is comforting the most comfortable by afflicting the most afflicted.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2026

She told me how a strange plague once broke out, afflicting hundreds, Gertrude among them, and how she nursed the queen from the very brink of death to complete health again.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein