scourge

Example Sentences

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Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said the latest numbers were "shocking" and the government "stands against the scourge of antisemitism".

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026

By 1529, she had died, possibly succumbing to smallpox, a European scourge.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2026

They worried it could turn into deflation, a major scourge of the economy during the Great Depression in the 1930s.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 23, 2026

The scourge of extortion in Peru, which has risen tenfold in two years, cannot be beaten without a major security overhaul, the prosecutor heading the South American country's fight against organized crime told AFP.

From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026

About this time, this destroying scourge, the malignant fever, crept in among us.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy