affliction
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The mystery affliction has killed at least 19 pachyderms, mostly females or young males, since June in Kenya -- with all of the animals exhibiting identical symptoms, including partial paralysis.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
In 2005, Florida first got signs of a new affliction in its groves called citrus greening disease.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026
Olay launched a face-and-neck-lifting treatment earlier this year and is marketing the product partly as a solution to the affliction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
Beyond entertainment, Shepard devoted herself to raising awareness for sickle cell anemia after a friend died of the affliction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026
Yes, Lore, my main affliction now is simply a malady of eagerness.
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
During a 2015 talk, Erikson called Katrina “far and away the most telling disaster of our national experience,” whose long-lasting consequences revealed all manner of societal afflictions: mismanagement of infrastructure, political corruption, inequality, racism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
The duck is as well-known in Japan, where Aflac now does most of its business, anxieties over cancer and other afflictions running more deeply there than in the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025
Burnett never insists that they’re the sane ones, nor does he infantilize Fish and Poinsettia’s afflictions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2025
But to experience divine visions through the mortal body came at great physical cost, often in the form of seizures, migraines and other afflictions.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2024
Every morning, as soon as she woke up, she ran her mind over her body, to see where she hurt and what new afflictions she had developed.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
Vocabulary lists containing affliction
100 SAT Words Beginning with "A"
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 1–7
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