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Recent Examples of afflicted
CBS News,
10 Aug. 2020
ABC News,
30 June 2026
They are both afflicted by cognitive and/or hearing issues.
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Eric Thomas,
Sun Sentinel,
22 June 2026
Two-thirds of respondents afflicted with alpha-gal reported anxiety or depressive disorders in a 2025 University of Missouri survey.
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CBS News,
19 June 2026
Examples include assisting the blind, providing alerts of sounds to the deaf, assisting those afflicted by seizures, retrieving items, providing physical support, and helping those with psychiatric or neurological disabilities.
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Shari Wald Garrett,
Miami Herald,
18 June 2026
Raspberries are also afflicted with several viruses that can cause plants to decline and ruin the fruit.
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Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
3 June 2026
Losses from cattle afflicted by the parasite could run into the billions of dollars, with larger effects across the American economy, according to USDA estimates.
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Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
2 June 2026
Identifying Black Spot Roses can be afflicted by several common plant diseases.
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Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 May 2026
But all hope is not lost for the mosquito-afflicted.
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Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
27 May 2026
Adjective
Some of the bikers pouring into the area are coming from distant states far more afflicted.
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CBS News,
10 Aug. 2020
Verb
Jude, meanwhile, was shifting from tossing cones to tugging at his ears, afflicted with the same malady that had landed several of the toddlers on the room’s version of the injury list.
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ABC News,
30 June 2026
They are both afflicted by cognitive and/or hearing issues.
—
Eric Thomas,
Sun Sentinel,
22 June 2026
Two-thirds of respondents afflicted with alpha-gal reported anxiety or depressive disorders in a 2025 University of Missouri survey.
—
CBS News,
19 June 2026
Examples include assisting the blind, providing alerts of sounds to the deaf, assisting those afflicted by seizures, retrieving items, providing physical support, and helping those with psychiatric or neurological disabilities.
—
Shari Wald Garrett,
Miami Herald,
18 June 2026
Raspberries are also afflicted with several viruses that can cause plants to decline and ruin the fruit.
—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
3 June 2026
Losses from cattle afflicted by the parasite could run into the billions of dollars, with larger effects across the American economy, according to USDA estimates.
—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
2 June 2026
Identifying Black Spot Roses can be afflicted by several common plant diseases.
—
Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 May 2026
But all hope is not lost for the mosquito-afflicted.
—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
27 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for afflicted
Adjective
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For Kelly, the Mexican release is also another chapter in the unlikely afterlife of a film that has continued to attract new audiences long after its troubled theatrical debut.
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De la Espriella promised El Salvador-style mega-prisons, while Cepeda promised to salvage Petro’s troubled ‘total peace’ talks with rebel groups.
Verb
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Silva served as Stockton’s mayor from 2013 to 2017, a term that was plagued by scandal.
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Drafted in the sixth round, Smack is tasked with stabilizing a position that has plagued Green Bay since Mason Crosby's departure.
Adjective
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The Dodge became disabled, and the troopers arrested the driver.
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Homeless residents, many of whom don’t have a car or are disabled, now have to travel outside of Skid Row to get stamps or mail a package.
Verb
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In Britain, all the large predators had long since been exterminated and the smaller ones (like foxes) were ruthlessly persecuted.
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Supporting people who have too often been, and continue to be, persecuted and othered would be a direct way to address the suffering.
Adjective
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The gags are both belabored and feeble.
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Jolted by a feeble office market, a growing number of developers are considering ways to convert their office properties to other uses, such as housing projects.
Verb
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Pluverge, an ice cream maker at Taste the Tropics, came to the United States on asylum after he was kidnapped and tortured by gang members in his home country.
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This is just one in a sweaty dungeon of hundreds of TikTok videos that show women being stalked, grabbed, tortured, tossed to the ground, and handcuffed by scary masked soldiers.
Adjective
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Earlier this month, Nancy Guthrie, the elderly and infirm mother of Today show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, was violently taken from her home in Tucson, Arizona.
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The four Democratic members of the JBC, which controls the state budget, asked with growing consternation why the Department of Corrections hadn’t brought them a plan to address overcrowding, to step up releases of old and infirm inmates, or to improve its own shortcomings.
Verb
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Boston was besieged by the Tartan Army.
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In the adjacent room, the Shapiro team was equally besieged.
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“Afflicted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/afflicted. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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