ailment
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Economists have lots of theories, but a commonly cited ailment is “uncertainty.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026
As it turns out, the ailment was more minor than that.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
"It's really amazing to see that something that's supposed to prevent a physical ailment can also help keep our brain healthy, too."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
Lying on the ground and kicking up a cloud of dust, the elephant slowly exhausted himself in futile attempts to stand, the latest potential victim of a still-mysterious ailment in southern Kenya.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
For the greater number of her twenty-nine years, Bibi Haldar suffered from an ailment that baffled family, friends, priests, palmists, spinsters, gem therapists, prophets, and fools.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
Drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound are increasingly used for a wide range of ailments.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
Angurweet is used as a remedy for ailments including stomach ache.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
They must submit to regular FAA-mandated medical exams, and ailments such as cardiac conditions or diabetes could permanently disqualify them from flying far earlier than age 65.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
While close to 3,000 died in the terrorist attacks, close to 9,000 have died in the two-and-a-half decades since, most likely from one of the dozens of ailments that lingering cloud has caused.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
And claiming that it is will, in its ignorance, worsen the ecological ailments that activists would like to cure.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Vocabulary lists containing ailment
Chains
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The Last Last-Day-of-Summer
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The Fault in Our Stars
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