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pestilent

[pes-tl-uhnt] / ˈpɛs tl ənt /


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A swath of the Santa Clarita Valley is under a first-of-its-kind quarantine after the invasive and pestilent tau fruit fly was found in the area, officials announced this week.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 28, 2023

Acland saw polluted water as a potential contributor to pestilent air, not as a medium for the spread of an invisible agent of disease.

From Scientific American • Jan. 29, 2019

Still, “The Good Mothers” is casting a wider net, indicting an entire pestilent culture.

From Washington Post • Jul. 5, 2018

The history of the department’s charter, he wrote, showed that its mandate was to “prevent and protect against communicable, infectious, and pestilent diseases.”

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2013

More beautiful than the sight of a spring field after three years of living in that pestilent cesspit of a city.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss




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