plague
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“The Dog Stars” takes place in a wrecked, deserted 2035, after a viral plague has killed almost everybody on Earth.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 27, 2026
A park in Marin County was shut down in July after it was found to be teeming with fleas, which can carry plague and typhus.
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 16, 2026
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 β Aug. 12, 2026
But only about 57% of its 100-plus recommendations, external have reportedly been implemented - and paper leaks continue to plague exams.
From BBC β Jul. 29, 2026
It was Cataure, Visitación’s brother, who had left the house fleeing from the insomnia plague and of whom there had never been any news.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
This is not helped by the insecurity that plagues eastern DR Congo.
From BBC β 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 β 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 β Jun. 5, 2026
Government inefficiency still plagues the country, and it has the worst pollution on the planet.
From Barron's β Feb. 18, 2026
No plagues rain down upon museum employees; Marie-Laure does not succumb to snakebite or tumble into a sewer and break her back.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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 β Aug. 27, 2026
In the parish seat—where the downtown is lined with well-preserved, historic buildings—Landry said the project will help keep Louisianians in Louisiana and stem the population loss that has plagued the state.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 25, 2026
"Astrophysics has been plagued by a massive discrepancy in the cosmic ledger," says Gallardo.
From Science Daily β 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 β Aug. 24, 2026
The dysfunction was so rampant, we regularly had to have meetings to address the issues that plagued our team.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
Luria said that Microsoft has now countered the negative narratives that were plaguing its stock earlier this year.
From MarketWatch β 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 β Jul. 24, 2026
Chen Chaohui, the company’s founder and CEO, described it as “a pet TikTok” to Yahoo Finance, though one hopes pets will be spared the A.I.-generated fruit videos currently plaguing human users.
From Slate β Jun. 20, 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 β Jun. 5, 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
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