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 West African country has long been afflicted by civil war, foreign military interventions, and Islamist insurgencies.
From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026
This one massive miscarriage of justice had afflicted the whole community with despair and made it hard for me to be dispassionate.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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"The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin
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