afflicting
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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What follows are the factors afflicting each region or market.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 17, 2026
I would argue that the parallel still holds, in that the fundamental crisis of democracy afflicting both countries is strikingly similar.
From Salon • Feb. 15, 2026
Their bread-and-butter is comforting the most comfortable by afflicting the most afflicted.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2026
Their case is helped by the crisis afflicting Dundee University and evidence that much of further education is heading deep into the red and facing possible closures.
From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026
She told me how a strange plague once broke out, afflicting hundreds, Gertrude among them, and how she nursed the queen from the very brink of death to complete health again.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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