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plight

[plahyt] / plaɪt /


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That’s the plight of retired Cook County Circuit Court Judge James R. Brown, who wrote an op-ed and appeared on a podcast after he resigned from the bench in 2020.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

In this heart-sore and compassionate investigation of unresolved pain, director Marialuisa Ernst makes a parallel between their plight and how her uncle’s disappearance during Argentina’s dictatorship affected her family.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

In November 2025, the couple embarked on a hunger strike to draw attention to their plight.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

Now there's a plethora of policies and pledges on offer, but perhaps one central point: politicians ignore the plight of the High Street at their peril.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

If anybody needed a magical remedy for her plight, it was La Llorona.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall




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