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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 plaguing The incident is one in a string of recent crimes that have been plaguing San Fernando Valley residents. —
Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026 As those dry earlier, so do fuels lower down, exacerbating a drought already plaguing the West’s high plains. —Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 15 Apr. 2026 By the same token, one of the biggest bugs plaguing AMC’s The Audacity may be the timing. —Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2026 The Hickman Mills School District will welcome several new faces to its school board in the coming weeks, along with a new source of partial relief to the multimillion-dollar debt plaguing the district. —Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2026 The commitment angst plaguing Charlie and Emma over Emma’s secret seems to have a lot to do with several contemporary concerns—mixed messaging about gender roles, confusion over what constitutes a moral failing—that yield knee-jerk responses. —Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2026 By the middle of the summer, YLO should be prepared to work out a more systematic offensive against the injustices plaguing the Latin colony. —Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026 Another reality plaguing the AI industry is the extremely high cost of energy in Europe. —Francesca Cassidy, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026 But since 2023, local municipalities have argued that the majority of ozone plaguing the cities is not their fault. —Sarah Henry, AZCentral.com, 25 Mar. 2026
Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026 As those dry earlier, so do fuels lower down, exacerbating a drought already plaguing the West’s high plains. —Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 15 Apr. 2026 By the same token, one of the biggest bugs plaguing AMC’s The Audacity may be the timing. —Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2026 The Hickman Mills School District will welcome several new faces to its school board in the coming weeks, along with a new source of partial relief to the multimillion-dollar debt plaguing the district. —Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2026 The commitment angst plaguing Charlie and Emma over Emma’s secret seems to have a lot to do with several contemporary concerns—mixed messaging about gender roles, confusion over what constitutes a moral failing—that yield knee-jerk responses. —Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2026 By the middle of the summer, YLO should be prepared to work out a more systematic offensive against the injustices plaguing the Latin colony. —Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026 Another reality plaguing the AI industry is the extremely high cost of energy in Europe. —Francesca Cassidy, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026 But since 2023, local municipalities have argued that the majority of ozone plaguing the cities is not their fault. —Sarah Henry, AZCentral.com, 25 Mar. 2026
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Gene-drive technology might be able to make wildlife less likely to spread diseases such as the one afflicting the rabbits, or malaria.— Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 8 Apr. 2026
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For Yuldosheva and her neighbors, finding their landlord is one of many problems afflicting their six-story building near Yankee Stadium.— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Apr. 2026
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The order also accused the Cuban government of persecuting political opponents, suppressing free speech and the press, and committing other human rights violations—actions that have been documented by human rights organizations over the years.— Chad de Guzman, Time, 17 Mar. 2026
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But so often left unsaid by Gu are the moral ambiguities that come with choosing to represent a country that has been heavily criticized by Human Rights Watch, among other watchdog groups, for denying rights of freedom of expression and for persecuting government critics.— Zak Keefer, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2026
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Israel tried to take over Gaza City before in this war, besieging it and launching raids in its streets, but tens of thousands of people remained.— Aya Batrawy, NPR, 5 Sep. 2025
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And while politicians know that there are costs to besieging an independent central bank – financial markets may react negatively or inflation may flare up – short-term control of a powerful policy tool can prove irresistible.— Ana Carolina Garriga, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2025
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And which society is torturing the poets?— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 Apr. 2026
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The two defendants are Kevin Murray and Devon Daniels, who are convicted of murder, but have maintained their innocence and accused Kato of torturing them.— Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
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