plague
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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 β Aug. 12, 2026
What the Emmy-winning series has undeniably done is bring soccer into millions of unsuspecting households that had previously avoided the sport like a plague.
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 9, 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
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 β Jul. 8, 2026
Mr. Lawrence told them it was even more deadly than the Black Death, the plague that struck Europe during the time of the knights.
From "I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919" by Lauren Tarshis
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
Soccer, Luna believes, represents an affront to the individualistic mindset that plagues today’s world because, by nature, it must happen in community.
From Los Angeles Times β Jun. 4, 2026
But the fall of Spirit is a symptom of a deeper pathology that plagues both the American airline and automobile industries.
From The Wall Street Journal β May 12, 2026
The isle of plagues may have been situated among the Seses or near them.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
"Astrophysics has been plagued by a massive discrepancy in the cosmic ledger," says Gallardo.
From Science Daily β Aug. 25, 2026
Elvis just laughs - but it's a question that's plagued Flowers for years.
From BBC β Aug. 21, 2026
Hovnanian Enterprises HOV -13.84%decrease; red down pointing triangle swung to a third-quarter loss as it continues to navigate a challenging housing market, plagued by steep rates and soft consumer sentiment.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 20, 2026
It’s still pastiche, but unbeholden to the nostalgia-obsessed, highly referential style that has plagued so much contemporary media, like “Stranger Things,” “Super 8” and “Wonder Woman 1984.”
From Salon β Aug. 20, 2026
As I said, some of the blame should be heaped on the overly centralized Inka command structure, a problem that has plagued armies throughout time.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
The preliminary agreement is helping JetZero’s chief executive answer a question that has been plaguing him for years: Is this thing even real?
From The Wall Street Journal β Jul. 29, 2026
There is no wall up, no layer of artifice between the musician and the actor plaguing modern biopics.
From Salon β Jul. 8, 2026
The weakness is partly being driven by the continued downturn plaguing Asian tech stocks.
From MarketWatch β Jun. 26, 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
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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