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plagued by a cough for all of last week
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Recent Examples of plagued
Nathan Ellgren,
Chicago Tribune,
22 June 2026
By the time of the shooting in November 1999, the 5-foot-11, 194-pound Carruth was again being plagued by injuries.
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Charlotte Observer,
22 June 2026
The rapper’s recent tour has been plagued with cancelations due to West’s history of antisemitism.
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Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
21 June 2026
The high school exam board, CBSE, has faced public outrage over an electronic marking system plagued with technical glitches, during which students said answers were wrongly marked or, in some cases, answer sheets were omitted entirely.
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Mithil Aggarwal,
NBC news,
20 June 2026
The department said that all reopenings of the Reflecting Pool have been plagued by algae blooms and that vacuuming up the algae would take a couple of days.
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Lalee Ibssa,
ABC News,
19 June 2026
The end of his time with the Blackhawks was plagued with health problems.
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Todd Feurer,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
That was perhaps the silver lining of the traffic woes that plagued the first World Cup game in Kansas City history.
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Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
18 June 2026
This past offseason was a nightmare filled with mistakes, and the season has been plagued by one injury after another.
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Jim Bowden,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
Verb
Yet within weeks of Trump declaring the rehabilitation completed in time for Independence Day, the water was plagued by a vivid green algae bloom that clouded the pool’s coating.
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Nathan Ellgren,
Chicago Tribune,
22 June 2026
By the time of the shooting in November 1999, the 5-foot-11, 194-pound Carruth was again being plagued by injuries.
—
Charlotte Observer,
22 June 2026
The rapper’s recent tour has been plagued with cancelations due to West’s history of antisemitism.
—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
21 June 2026
The high school exam board, CBSE, has faced public outrage over an electronic marking system plagued with technical glitches, during which students said answers were wrongly marked or, in some cases, answer sheets were omitted entirely.
—
Mithil Aggarwal,
NBC news,
20 June 2026
The department said that all reopenings of the Reflecting Pool have been plagued by algae blooms and that vacuuming up the algae would take a couple of days.
—
Lalee Ibssa,
ABC News,
19 June 2026
The end of his time with the Blackhawks was plagued with health problems.
—
Todd Feurer,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
That was perhaps the silver lining of the traffic woes that plagued the first World Cup game in Kansas City history.
—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
18 June 2026
This past offseason was a nightmare filled with mistakes, and the season has been plagued by one injury after another.
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Jim Bowden,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plagued
Adjective
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Yet many leaders remain frustrated.
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Goldman, who has been repeatedly slammed by Lander on the issue, was clearly frustrated and upset, saying that the AIPAC attack could lead to more antisemitism.
Verb
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They are both afflicted by cognitive and/or hearing issues.
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Two-thirds of respondents afflicted with alpha-gal reported anxiety or depressive disorders in a 2025 University of Missouri survey.
Adjective
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The individuals have been charged with one or a combination of offenses including simple assault, conspiracy, theft, failure to disperse, disorderly conduct, aggravated assault, riot and others.
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Under federal immigration law, second‑degree bail jumping is classified as an aggravated felony, a designation that generally bars lawful permanent residents from seeking cancellation of removal and most other forms of relief.
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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In a feature published today, deputy executive editor Yoni Appelbaum examines the tortured debate—inside and outside the academy—over how to tell the American story.
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Hunter Biden is mixing it up with admirers and critics on social media, while Jill Biden is rehashing the tortured saga of the last presidential race in a new memoir.
Verb
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In the adjacent room, the Shapiro team was equally besieged.
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The mass shooting that claimed 49 lives and injured dozens of others—the deadliest hate crime targeting LGBTQ+ people in American history—still leaves a grievous mark, most especially in a city, state and nation besieged with new attacks on the gay community.
Adjective
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Projects will be judged on several criteria, including the project’s creativity and the use of tested and accurate AI.
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Every batch of ice cream, even those with tested and confirmed recipes, requires a lot of tasting and adjusting.
Verb
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The Cubs lost 8-6 and the cheers turned to jeers and swears as relief pitcher Jacob Webb cursed his own performance after the game.
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As the inscription had been damaged, researchers couldn’t decipher whether this tablet had cursed four slaves or whether four slaves had cried out to the Egyptian gods and demi-heroes, who knows?
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“Plagued.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plagued. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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