as in tormented
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as in afflicted
to cause persistent suffering to
plagued by a cough for all of last week
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plagued
Verb
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For example, the same researchers at Cornell University who invented the new goggles have previously shown a reduction in blood flow in the brains of mice afflicted with the condition.—
Michael Franco,
New Atlas,
29 Dec. 2024 -
Terrified, the patient almost reflexively asked her surgeon to remove both of her breasts, even though the cancer afflicted only one side.—
Angie Leventis Lourgos,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Many supporters are notably frustrated that the club failed to bring in a top-class striker in January to help cover for injuries to several of Arsenal’s attacking options.—
Ben Church,
CNN,
10 Mar. 2025
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In the Country Club District south of the Plaza, residents grew frustrated with freight trucks and commuter traffic clogging their neighborhood streets and demanded action.—
Michael Wells,
Kansas City Star,
9 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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He had previously been charged with three counts of forcible rape of a child and three counts of aggravated rape of a child.—
Greg Wehner,
Fox News,
13 Feb. 2025
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Foster is facing a charge of aggravated murder, according to an arrest warrant filed in Licking County Court cited by CNN.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
6 Feb. 2025
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After jumping out to a 9-2 start this season, the Phoenix Suns have sputtered over the past month as injuries have besieged their Big Three.—
Bryan Toporek,
Forbes,
26 Dec. 2024
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The wealthiest man in the world used his social media platform X to amplify the unrest, and GOP lawmakers were besieged with phone calls to their offices telling them to oppose the plan.—
Lisa Mascaro and Kevin Freking,
The Christian Science Monitor,
20 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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But beyond those elite few prospects, why would coaches play or pay freshmen instead of the veterans, the tested and proven Division I players, now available in what amounts to forever free agency?—
CJ Moore,
The Athletic,
25 July 2024
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There is no reliable and tested method that can say that a certain volcano will erupt on a certain day or at a certain time.—
Erik Klemetti,
Discover Magazine,
29 Feb. 2024
Adjective
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Artist agents find their roles less vexed, embracing a new value system that hews closer to the way the market actually operates.—
Natasha Degen,
Artforum,
1 Nov. 2024
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Measuring innovation is one of the most vexed problems that a corporation faces.—
Andrew Binns,
Forbes,
21 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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Meanwhile, Sam and Ivar couldn’t seem less bothered.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
6 Feb. 2025
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Kennedy’s long history of vaccine skepticism has troubled Republicans and Democrats, though the roughly two dozen Republicans who met with Kennedy in December seemed less bothered.—
Nathaniel Weixel,
The Hill,
8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Mags and Angela feel an intense connection that Ash circles around as well, and the attraction leads the harried, often-at-odds married couple to explore their own relationship together and apart.—
Randy Myers,
The Mercury News,
14 Feb. 2025
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Berlin writes about harried and divorced single women, many of them in working-class jobs, with uncanny grace.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
8 July 2024
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“Plagued.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plagued. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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