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plague

[pleyg] / pleɪg /




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A decorated infantry officer who spent more than 18 years in the National Guard and served in combat, deploying to Iraq and Afghanistan, Hegseth has nonetheless been been plagued by scandals.

From Barron's

The 28-year-old left-back's game time has been carefully managed since he returned from an injury plagued spell with Arsenal last summer.

From BBC

A plant in Athens that produces home-care products was plagued by downtime, with production idled for days, when manufacturing equipment broke because manuals were in German, French and English.

From The Wall Street Journal

She’d been furious and abandoned the kingdom just as a plague was beginning to sweep through.

From Literature

The only kid with enough points for advancement was Elliot, but I was surprised to see how many points my fellow classmates had managed to accumulate while I avoided the tests like the plague.

From Literature