plight

Hudson’s frustration mirrors the plight of many condo owners in America.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

On Tuesday, locals filed into the parish hall to vote on whether their village should symbolically declare independence from the U.K., a move they hope will call attention to their plight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

A coalition of Ugandan and Kenyan activists on Tuesday blamed Kenya for the plight of Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye, whose health is deteriorating as he faces treason charges.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

Yet the journalist appears reluctant to focus on the pressures he's under, preferring instead to highlight the plight of compatriots in prison.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

Curiously, even in my panic, a portion of my mind stood apart, observing my plight, as it had done during the performance at Whitehall.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood

But they also meticulously track the chimps' friendships and social plights.

From Barron's ● Jan. 15, 2026

The juxtaposition serves as a reminder of the timeless plights of teenagerhood.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025

I have lived in Lubbock, Texas, since 2020, among those labeled such, and can witness firsthand some of their life choices and plights.

From Salon ● Dec. 14, 2024

Albanese raised the plights of Yang and another detained Australian, journalist Cheng Lei, in his first meeting with Xi on the sidelines of a Group of 20 summit in Indonesia a year ago.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 31, 2023

If we were truly going to emulate the Freedom Riders, then our writing must transcend the walls of Room 203 and our individual plights and become a universal message.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers

William Shakespeare wrote in "King Lear" that "Time shall unfold what plighted cunning hides. Who cover faults, at last shame them derides."

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2017

Well, in the words of Cordelia, “Time shall unfold what plighted cunning hides.”

From Washington Post ● May 28, 2017

In 1891, thrown into each other's arms at the Lincoln Cooperative Congress, they secretly plighted their troth.

From Time Magazine Archive

The two plighted their troth in what was destined to become one of the strangest and most durable extracurricular alliances of modern times.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then he concluded, “But I flatter myself that some respect will be paid to the public interest, and to the plighted faith of the government.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

Yet plighting his troth to the party may have worried him more than he allowed.

From The Guardian ● May 7, 2010

While the Asian giants were plighting their renewed affections, top Soviet officials continued their efforts to repair the 25-year-old schism between Moscow and Beijing.

From Time Magazine Archive

Folk Singer-Pacifist Joan Baez, 27, got married last week in a ceremony that was as much a demonstration of dissent as a plighting of troth.

From Time Magazine Archive

He doesn't help his case by plighting his troth at every opportunity.

From Time Magazine Archive

"The wounded of Cupid are to meet and settle their accounts with the god, in the way of plighting faith to suffer from his archery no more."

From The Spy by James Fenimore Cooper