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malady

[mal-uh-dee] / ˈmæl ə di /


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Some believed that the latest epidemic was of a "mystical malady", a common belief in some remote areas of the DRC.

From Barron's May 24, 2026

Anxiety paralysis is real, and people who procrastinate often are not lazy, but instead suffer from this all-too-common malady.

From MarketWatch May 18, 2026

By treating actual adults—the chat participants weren’t teenagers—with kid gloves, they contribute to the cultural malady of infantilization.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 16, 2025

O’Sullivan, who quickly ruled out epilepsy, came to suspect the young woman was actually suffering from another common malady: overdiagnosis.

From Salon May 13, 2025

Because I had rid her heart of its gravest malady.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

Nearly a week after being rescued near Big Bear Lake, Jackie — half of a celebrity bald eagle couple — remains in critical condition as veterinarians continue to puzzle over the cause of her maladies.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

"They treat a whole host of maladies," said Thomas Patton, a professor at New York state's Union College who has studied Myanmar's mystics.

From Barron's Dec. 21, 2025

Maybe there is hope after all for the rising generation of boys and men if even a heterodox public intellectual like Scott Galloway is willing to offer such traditional medicine for our contemporary male maladies.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 9, 2025

Research shows that such stress can cause an increase in physical, psychological and emotional illness, along with other maladies, up to and including death.

From Salon Nov. 1, 2025

For one thing, I lis­tened to her impressive list of maladies, something the general had long turned a deaf ear to.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini




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