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Recent Examples of pestilential Here a book worth considering is ‘From third world to first’ - Lee Kwan Yew's first person story of transforming Singapore from a pestilential swamp into a metropolis. Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024 But life back then was pretty sketchy and precarious even without pestilential rats running around, unbound. Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 July 2023 He is reported to have participated in a pestilential online gun culture, replete with tasteless japing about mass shootings. wsj.com, 12 May 2023 This includes whenever there the existence of any malignant, contagious, or pestilential disease in the County, to investigate such report and ascertain, as correctly as possible, the causes which produced such disease, to adopt measures to arrest its progress. Baltimore Sun, 17 May 2022 The Spanish flu washed over the world in three pestilential waves during 1918 and 1919. Damon Linker, The Week, 23 June 2021 Our national experience with the role of state and local governments in casino gambling should have taught us that there is a world of difference between sensible reform and making government a revenue-seeking partner in a pestilential business. The Editors, National Review, 7 Dec. 2020 Adding to these burdens were the poor soil and periodic ravages of the pestilential boll weevil. Trevor Paulhus, Smithsonian, 19 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pestilential
Adjective
  • An annoying, biker beast blasted out of my bowels onto the page and became the not-so-invisible embodiment of my disease.
    David Soren, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
  • In any case, this costume would probably go over best with a crowd of theater kids and/or people who are annoying about movies, also known as the exact Venn Diagram that is the staff of Them dot us.
    James Factora, Them., 17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa had another frustrating game with three interceptions in the one-score loss.
    Tim Crowley, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Sure, Riley’s first three seasons with the Trojans have been largely underwhelming — and a last-second loss to Illinois was the sort of defeat that’s become all too familiar and all too frustrating for the fan base — but USC’s coach is far too expensive to fire.
    Antonio Morales, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Mosquitoes may be tiny, but their bites can pack an irritating punch.
    Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Critics note the time and effort needed to remove stubborn labels—after all, few things are more irritating than peeling off a label and being met with sticky residue.
    Caelan McMichael, Allure, 7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The Wicker Man boasts a conclusion that is one of the most haunting and disturbing climaxes to a horror film in any era, but the inclusion of Lee as the wicked Lord Summerisle is a casting coup.
    Steven Thrash, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Oct. 2025
  • What started as a search for wrapping paper led to a disturbing discovery that left her questioning her relationship with her mother.
    Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025

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“Pestilential.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pestilential. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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