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How to use the word plaguing in a Sentence?

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I represent 78,000 people, and when I came to the well that day, I was not standing for myself, i was standing for those young people … many of whom can’t even vote yet, many of whom are disenfranchised. But all of whom are terrified by the continued trend of mass shooting plaguing our state and plaguing this nation.

Justin Jones

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Gun violence is an epidemic that is plaguing every corner of this state and the people of Illinois are demanding substantive action, with this legislation we are delivering on the promises Democrats have made and, together, we are making Illinois’ gun laws a model for the nation.

Democratic Senate

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Tina Kotek sought to tie Brown and Christine Drazan together on failing to deal with the homeless crisis plaguing the state, claiming Tina Kotek was the only one of the three who called for action to be taken. PORTLAND POLICE UNION BOSS SLAMS OREGON GOV CANDIDATE'S CLAIM ABOUT DEFUND POLICE STANCE : ‘ SIMPLY NOT TRUE ’.

Tina Kotek

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

So, Putin launched a GRU-hosted misinformation effort to color the Zelenskyy government as anti-Russian and anti-separatist, his use of ‘Nazi’ resonates with many Russians because of the slow-healing scars still plaguing the Russians from World War II.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

By passing this bill, the state assembly has sent a clear message : if you live in the community, you should be able to vote, disenfranchising people on parole is a vestige of Jim Crow and because of the racial disparities plaguing New York State's criminal justice system, it has had an enormous impact on Black and Latino New Yorkers. We look forward to the governor putting an end to it by signing this bill into law.

Sean Morales-Doyle

Found on CNN
3 years ago

This program was launched with the dual objective of making the daily commute for our employees more convenient, while trying to ease the pollution plaguing our cities, cities in India are growing at an exponential rate.

Vijay Chandramohan

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Fixing our broken criminal justice system remains one of the most challenging issues plaguing our nation. Formerly incarcerated individuals continue to face overwhelming obstacles as they rejoin their communities, it's often difficult to obtain jobs and housing and many have lost their right to vote. These measures signed today by Governor Murphy will help restore fairness to the criminal justice system and remove some of the fundamental barriers to re-entry.

Cory Booker

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I think that question is going to keep plaguing her, not everyone is going to be willing to delve into the details.

Camille Anderson

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

It is not an anti-Trump movie and it is not a pro-Trump movie, it is family conversation about the issues that are plaguing our country.

Jamie Lee Curtis

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I asked the same question, the answer is, for me, so many of the same problems that were plaguing the country - that crime is out of control and police are overwhelmed and there’s no way to stop it - still feel very relevant today. It feels like however far we’ve gone in other areas, we have not progressed in terms of crime.

Eli Roth

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

All the woes that were plaguing EM are somewhat diminished, you could call it the JOC principle - Fed Chairman Janet Yellen, Oil and China.

Sean Newman

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Of course, a military response is necessary. But the war must go beyond that, we need to address the problem of poverty and unemployment plaguing these regions (where Boko Haram is active) to dissuade the youths from joining the terrorists.

Joseph Vincent Ntuda Ebode

Found on CNN
8 years ago

It would be naive to think that the problems plaguing mankind today can be solved with means and methods which were applied or seemed to work in the past. . .

Mikhail Gorbachev, (1988)

added by anonymous
13 years ago

Acceptance is the slow poison plaguing today's society

Siddharth Astir

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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