pestilence
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Without them, we’d live in a world of putridity and pestilence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
Invasive species came in all guises: foreign pestilence, foreign capital, and the developers.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026
Comparing the reality TV villain-turned-Snapchat star-turned-Los Angeles mayoral candidate to pestilence is not meant to be an insult.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2026
He is the master of pestilence and disease; famine.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2025
He told them that they could not hold out against both the pestilence and the Trojans, and that they must either find a way to appease Apollo or else sail home.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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"The Masque of the Red Death" by Edgar Allan Poe
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