plagues
Example Sentences
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This all seemed awful at the time but, given the plagues of in-game hosts and teams sporting jerseys in colors far beyond home white and road gray, perhaps Disney was just ahead of its time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
This is not helped by the insecurity that plagues eastern DR Congo.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
We’ve had plagues and climate change before, to some degree, but until the Manhattan Project, humans weren’t really in control of that kind of existential, destructive power.
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026
Lurid origin stories for plagues are nothing new under the sun.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
People passed stories from mouth to mouth like kisses, or plagues, until they flowed down the streets, into gutters, streams, and rivers, down to the ocean itself.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
