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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

The seventh episode, “They Wanna Have Fun,” plunks down loud hints that Michael Patrick King and his writers will soon be correcting the show’s Aidan affliction and possibly replacing it with a new malady.

From Salon Jul. 13, 2025

Some childhood malady had made all his hair fall out.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

The odds of these maladies rise dramatically in your 80s, but serious health challenges are not uncommon in your 70s, as I sadly saw with my late sister earlier this year.

From MarketWatch Aug. 23, 2026

Still others described unexplained rashes, outbreaks of diarrhea and infestations of lice, among a host of other maladies for which many said they were offered only Tylenol or allergy medication.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

That would likely change if more people knew about the many different maladies associated with sun deprivation, including diabetes, dementia, depression and a range of autoimmune conditions.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 16, 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

Once my modifications are complete, the Whisperer will become a wondrous healing device, boys—a device capable of curing maladies of the mind.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart




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