plague
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Ultimately, a ballot initiative won’t cure the ills that plague healthcare in the United States, said the Lown Institute’s Saini.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
A mouse plague is terrorising farmers across large swathes of Australia, with the rodents running rampant around homes and ravaging fields of grain.
From BBC • May 30, 2026
Yet many of the challenges that have long prevented American companies from making big investments there still plague the country.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
There is no vaccine or treatment for the Bundibugyo strain responsible for the current Ebola outbreak, the 17th to plague the vast central African country of more than 100 million people.
From Barron's • May 25, 2026
We finally realized that a plague of locusts had eaten all his crops in two days flat, and they were headed toward our farm.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
Vocabulary lists containing plague
A Long Walk to Water
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The Diary of Anne Frank
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