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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 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
  • Figuring out how to reply to an annoying co-worker on Slack?
    Rachel Wells, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • In other words, these annoying tasks will actually start to feel good.
    Meg Walters, Glamour, 28 June 2025
Adjective
  • The Copycat Conundrum: When Local Laws Protect Your Competitors Perhaps the most frustrating aspect of international franchising involves dealing with local copycat operations that exploit legal protections designed for domestic businesses.
    Mohaimina Haque, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
  • While these noises may not impact your daily life much, your neighbors deciding to start their yardwork could be frustrating.
    Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 8 July 2025
Adjective
  • If certain emulsifiers are especially gentle on the gut, the food industry could use them to replace the ones that might be more irritating.
    Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 25 June 2025
  • But, there are also some unnecessary (potentially irritating) extras—eucalyptus oil, parfum, and benzyl alcohol.
    Boutayna Chokrane, Wired News, 24 June 2025
Adjective
  • In demand filmmaker Kim Tae-joon, who wrote and directed the disturbing tech thriller Unlocked for the streamer, is back with another feature that is sure to linger with its audience.
    Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 1 July 2025
  • Many of these videos follow a disturbing but familiar pattern—the extraction and erasure of Black women’s genius, creativity, and contributions.
    Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025

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“Pestilential.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pestilential. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.

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