affliction
Example Sentences
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In 2005, Florida first got signs of a new affliction in its groves called citrus greening disease.
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026
But lately, it is drawing attention for those drugs’ success at clearing a more familiar affliction: acne.
From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026
For Belichick, they say, it's part love of the game, part love for coaching, and part an affliction that has ailed many great sports figures: an inability to know when to say goodbye.
From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026
On Tuesday night, he promised to “work across party lines to find a national solution to the age-old plague of gerrymandering, and in particular, to the more recent affliction of mid-decade gerrymandering.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2025
None of this was particularly an affliction; or rather, it appeared so only in retrospect, once a solution had been found.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
Vocabulary lists containing affliction
100 SAT Words Beginning with "A"
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 1–7
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"Beowulf," Vocabulary from the epic poem
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