afflicted
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It became clear that what at first appeared to him and his father as another of the floods that afflicted Mystic every few years grew inexorably through the night until it became monstrous.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
I hope you are not afflicted, as I am, with the urge to struggle more than necessary, but if you are, this recipe is for you.
From Salon • Apr. 13, 2026
This partly explains, Cembalest writes, the deindustrialization that has afflicted its economy so debilitatingly in the last few years.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 9, 2026
The regular crowd shots of the waiting room too often reduce the afflicted into a zombie-like horde bent on making life more difficult for our beloved medical staff.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026
A man who was not afflicted by ambitions of decency in his mind might simply have run away with his hero’s wife, and then perhaps the tragedy of Arthur would never have happened.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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"The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin
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