malignancy

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Unknown to her, the malignancy metastasized during her pregnancy.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Mary’s presence is a malignancy, a blight on the name that Sam has worked so hard to build, an identity that’s separate from Mary’s and secure in its solitude.

From Salon • Apr. 24, 2026

But he sure makes the strongest case for being the most malevolent, influential force there, a malignancy that poisons everything he touches.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026

By the time the lecture was over, he knew that he would drop all of his ongoing projects to find the cause of the unusual malignancy.

From New York Times • Mar. 6, 2024

Still other pesticides will be added as we include those whose action on living tissues or cells may be considered an indirect cause of malignancy.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson