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In this alternate past, a fatal blood virus, known informally as the Red Wind, has been ravaging the population for about a decade.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

For the last four years, the H5N1 virus, also known as bird flu, has been ravaging wild bird populations, spilling over into other species and infecting poultry and dairy cows.

From Salon • Feb. 2, 2025

"Poor access to screening, and the scourge of HIV, which has been ravaging most parts of sub-Saharan Africa, have worsened the situation," he says.

From BBC • Oct. 7, 2024

In northern Kenya, where drought has been ravaging crops and pastures, “people are still dying by the day,” said Fatuma Hussein, a program manager with Power Shift Africa, a think tank.

From New York Times • Feb. 28, 2022

On the opposite bank of the river Lech this force is watched by the army of Marlborough and Baden, which has been ravaging Bavaria.

From The Battle of Blenheim by Belloc, Hilaire