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Townsend can talk about all the little things and some of the big things Scotland got wrong but these things didn't suddenly afflict his team.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 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

We see the brothers standing in the center, unharmed; the flames reaching out to afflict everyone around them; and the observers on high looking perplexed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 22, 2025

However distanced you may feel from these effects, it’s worth pointing out that historically, what happens to Black workers comes to afflict all of America.

From Slate ● Sep. 10, 2025

Lustig sat down, and the three men let the wonder and terror of the thought afflict them.

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury

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

Or is Juneteenth a celebration of the strength and excellence that both grew out of the great evil that slavery represented and in spite of it, an evil that still afflicts the nation in 2026?

From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2026

This isn’t unique to religion—it afflicts any organization that produces collective goods.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026

Some 93% of the world’s children, she said, live in polluted air, and pollution hits home with her own kids, and the asthma that disproportionately afflicts L.A.’s kids.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026

People say he’s angry, and hermitlike, but it's loneliness that afflicts him.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry

And unlike us mere mortals, they aren’t afflicted by pesky qualms about their reputation or career, or that queasy feeling in the gut produced by years of social conditioning against lying or ripping people off.

From Slate ● Oct. 25, 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

They interviewed 191 afflicted people, and found that 177 reported eating at Mexican-style restaurants including Chipotle Mexican Grill and Qdoba before their illness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

Several European nations have been afflicted by wildfires this summer during a succession of heatwaves.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026

Infusion of goldenseal eased the sore throat that sometimes afflicted fishermen after long days in the boats.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry

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

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

He explains how he believes Alcaraz’s tragic death likely came to be and how officers have become desensitized to issues afflicting America’s prisons.

From Slate ● Aug. 13, 2026

Meanwhile, Nieto has a plan if he identifies screwworm afflicting cattle on his southern Texas ranch.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

In 2005, Boeing agreed to pay $30 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that pollutants from the hilltop lab were responsible for range of cancers, auto-immune disorders and tumors afflicting nearby residents.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026

Despite the tragedy afflicting me, despite not feeling well, I let out a laugh.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel