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to cause persistent suffering to
plagued by a cough for all of last week
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Recent Examples of plagued
Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
Yet, the industry is plagued by low wages and high turnover rates.
—Jennifer Jay Palumbo, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The show offers a fantasy of a culture not so plagued by toxicity, allowing the creators to exchange the politics of the day for the nuances of growing up.
—Greta Rainbow, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2025
But higher pay alone won’t likely solve the backlog issue that has plagued Wisconsin and other states.
—Margaret Shreiner, jsonline.com, 10 Sep. 2025
France’s Fifth Republic, founded by President Charles de Gaulle in 1958, was designed to end the chronic instability that had plagued the Third and Fourth Republics earlier in the 20th century.
—Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
His bad dreams have plagued him as of late.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2025
This particular finding presents a more nuanced framing of gun violence and challenges dominant narratives about Chicago’s violence that have plagued the city’s reputation for decades.
—Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
The agency, plagued by reports of bullying and labor law breaches, has long been criticized for lacking transparency because it is not bound by any freedom-of-information laws.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Adjective
By surviving more than 3,500 cycles, the material demonstrated an unusually high degree of durability for this class of batteries, which are often plagued by rapid capacity fade.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
Yet, the industry is plagued by low wages and high turnover rates.
—Jennifer Jay Palumbo, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The show offers a fantasy of a culture not so plagued by toxicity, allowing the creators to exchange the politics of the day for the nuances of growing up.
—Greta Rainbow, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2025
But higher pay alone won’t likely solve the backlog issue that has plagued Wisconsin and other states.
—Margaret Shreiner, jsonline.com, 10 Sep. 2025
France’s Fifth Republic, founded by President Charles de Gaulle in 1958, was designed to end the chronic instability that had plagued the Third and Fourth Republics earlier in the 20th century.
—Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
His bad dreams have plagued him as of late.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2025
This particular finding presents a more nuanced framing of gun violence and challenges dominant narratives about Chicago’s violence that have plagued the city’s reputation for decades.
—Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
The agency, plagued by reports of bullying and labor law breaches, has long been criticized for lacking transparency because it is not bound by any freedom-of-information laws.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plagued
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Griffin, who does clinical work in Long Island, New York, said his sister-in-law is in her 40s and quite wary of long COVID, the enduring, debilitating health issues that have afflicted millions of Americans who contracted the coronavirus.—
Jorge L. Ortiz,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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But Thomas was afflicted by health troubles on the 26-56 Nets last year.—
Alex Kirschenbaum,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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More and more, people who have loyally served Putin’s system are being persecuted, mainly on the grounds of corruption.—
ANDREI KOLESNIKOV,
Foreign Affairs,
8 Sep. 2025
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Molero and her husband arrived in the United States in 2003, fleeing after they were persecuted for working alongside opposition leader Juan Pablo Guanipa.—
Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Emily Brontë appears in every way indifferent to the need for love and companionship that tortured the lives of her sisters.—
Emily Temple
September 5,
Literary Hub,
5 Sep. 2025
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Several women were tortured and gang raped.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Xu said, noting that frustrated clients began moving funds to Japan, Hong Kong and Dubai instead.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
12 Sep. 2025
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Service is also a realistic story about a frustrated middle-aged former journalist and aspiring novelist idling in an ultra-low-paying job.—
Susan Coll
September 12,
Literary Hub,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Landslide in western Sudan kills at least 1,000 A landslide in western Sudan killed at least 1,000 people, intensifying hardship in a country besieged by years of civil war.—
Tasneem Nashrulla,
semafor.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Validated Insights To even the most casual observer, these must feel like belligerent times in higher education – surrounded by fires, besieged, and under crushing market pressures all at once.—
Derek Newton,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Tuscarawas County prosecutors charged Ruth Miller, 40, on Wednesday, Aug. 27, with two counts of aggravated murder.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
28 Aug. 2025
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Over the first six months of 2025, the index shows a 21% decrease in homicides over the same period of 2024, while aggravated assaults—which includes non-fatal shootings—were down 8%.—
MARK VANCLEAVE,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Blessed with a certain photogenic look that’s beguiled moviegoing audiences since the 1930s and cursed with having the conversation start and stop there, Sweeney has become one of the few sure bets for stardom among the current A-listers-under-30 set, as well as a brand unto herself.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
6 Sep. 2025
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While there, the police allege that Pettway interfered with their actions, cursed at them, was difficult to deal with and resisted arrest when Trooper Brennan Kelly ordered him to go to the front of the house.—
Tresa Baldas,
Freep.com,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Every batch of ice cream, even those with tested and confirmed recipes, requires a lot of tasting and adjusting.—
Maggie Hiufu Wong,
CNN Money,
5 Aug. 2025
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But summer back in New York, amid the fug of the city, requires a return to a tested and true formula.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
22 June 2025
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“Plagued.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plagued. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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