Example Sentences
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Plagues have existed throughout history, said Heeney, from the Black Death of the Middle Ages ages to the 1918-20 influenza pandemic which killed an estimated 25-50 million globally.
From Barron's • Jun. 25, 2026
Plagues have been a plot staple throughout literary history, from the “Iliad” and the Bible to classics like Boccaccio’s “Decameron” and Daniel Defoe’s “A Journal of the Plague Year.”
From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2022
Plagues usually happen when rain follows several years of drought.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 22, 2021
Plagues can be symbolic as well as real.
From The Guardian • May 22, 2020
Plagues of insects and consequent further agricultural disorders are a likely consequence of nuclear war.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
