plague spot
Example Sentences
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“This is a plague spot, infecting the entire community,” complained William Miller Bowen, a former City Councilman who taught law classes.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2023
Long before Waksman began his work on soil, scientists had noted that if a diseased body is buried, the point of burial does not become a plague spot.
From Time Magazine Archive
He visited a colony of Catholic lepers alone, his guides dreading the plague spot.
From Time Magazine Archive
The mill is also on deeded land, and together they are a plague spot.
From The Forester's Daughter A Romance of the Bear-Tooth Range by Garland, Hamlin
Go and see it with your own eyes, and then if you dare, come back and establish another plague spot in God's own wilderness.
From The Gun-Brand by Hendryx, James B. (James Beardsley)
