ills

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In the video, Pratt stood outside Raman’s Silver Lake home and the city-owned Getty House in Hancock Park, where Bass lives, contending both are far removed from the urban ills that beset other Angelenos.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

In their absence, the three remaining candidates pounded on a wide array of municipal ills, including broken sidewalks, high rents and sluggish housing production.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

"I think we should be able to prescribe singing on the NHS because I think it would cure a lot of ills."

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

Pesarik argued he didn’t deserve the penalty because he had attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and other ills.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

“But, you,” she said, stroking my cheek, “are my sweetest gift. The life surprise that soothed all my ills and gave me my greatest joys. I feel so blessed you are mine.”

From "Ninth Ward" by Jewell Parker Rhodes