ill-beings

plural of ill-being

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Noun
  • To grade the 50 states and the District of Columbia on their relative natural disaster risks, five measures were developed that account for the frequency and damage of calamities, weighted against population and geographic size.
    Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 21 June 2026
  • In early times, most humans barely paid attention to weather calamities because the region was so sparsely populated.
    Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 June 2026
Noun
  • The sad thing is that the miseries return, but there is no other Garrincha available.
    Jack Lang, New York Times, 28 May 2026
  • The parallels between Ines’ dilemma and that of a nation being asked to lick its wounds in silence — in the name of moving on from past miseries — are present but elusive.
    Jessica Kiang, Variety, 14 May 2026
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“Ill-beings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ill-beings. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.

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