pestilence
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We can expect economic upheaval, famine and pestilence.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026
He is the master of pestilence and disease; famine.
From Salon • Sep. 19, 2025
His study came on the heels of another one published last November, which found that nearly a third of southern Sierra forests were killed by wildfires, drought and pestilence over the last decade.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2023
Zumba’s livelihood would then take another hit: a 2013 a pestilence decimated his small cacao plantation and to this day he doesn’t have the $1,500 necessary to replant.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 22, 2022
The pestilence had grown so thick within his throat in colonies and clusters that he could not even sip water without the most excruciating pain.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
Vocabulary lists containing pestilence
"The Masque of the Red Death" by Edgar Allan Poe
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Much Ado About Nothing
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Twelfth Night
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