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To tackle the severe droughts and water shortages that plague the country, Kazakhstan has resorted to cloud seeding, a weather modification method previously unseen in Central Asia.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

Bass acknowledged foul odors and pest infestations continue to plague residents, and noted she was most concerned for Los Angeles students returning to school next week.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

But only about 57% of its 100-plus recommendations, external have reportedly been implemented - and paper leaks continue to plague exams.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

This allowed them to identify traces of several pathogens, including Yersinia pestis, the bacterium responsible for plague, and Borrelia recurrentis, which causes louse borne relapsing fever.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 8, 2026

Today’s affluent societies are in the throes of a plague of obesity, which is rapidly spreading to developing countries.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

This is not helped by the insecurity that plagues eastern DR Congo.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

We’ve had plagues and climate change before, to some degree, but until the Manhattan Project, humans weren’t really in control of that kind of existential, destructive power.

From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026

Acts of God are environmental: droughts, floods, locust plagues and the unusual winters that froze the Thames, contributing to recessions in 1710, 1739-40, 1762 and 1946-47.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

The catalyst for Jonathan Glatzer to create “The Audacity,” AMC’s dark satire of Silicon Valley that takes aim at the desperation that plagues it, began as a father witnessing his teenage son’s relationship with tech.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026

She did not need the Red Sea to part, or for ten plagues to descend upon them.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

They are happy to get away from that city, where they were plagued by unnerving but undescribed events.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

Injuries have plagued Goretzka from a young age to a degree that we will never exactly know where his true ceiling could have been in his 20s.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

"Astrophysics has been plagued by a massive discrepancy in the cosmic ledger," says Gallardo.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026

Unfortunately, the beginning of Twin Peaks’ set at 4:30 p.m. was plagued by technical issues, highlighted by an extensive sound check that leaked into the first 10 minutes of their allotted time on stage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

It was not the most ideal terrain, plagued as it was by mudslides, floods, and avalanches.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

Luria said that Microsoft has now countered the negative narratives that were plaguing its stock earlier this year.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026

Nigeria's president has approved the country's largest military expansion in recent times - an attempt to tackle the slew of security challenges plaguing the nation.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

With that comes the threat of real danger, given the dramatic rise in elbow injuries currently plaguing the sport.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

He has devoted a surprising amount of time and energy into relaying the minute engineering problems plaguing this shallow pool on the National Mall.

From Slate ● Jun. 4, 2026

The thought that was mostly plaguing me was Mrs. Chloe talking that growned-up language then looking so disappointed in me when she saw I waren’t understanding it.

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis