Angus Deaton

The very wealthy have little need for state-provided education or health care... They have even less reason to support health insurance for everyone or to worry about the low quality of public schools that plagues much of the country.

British Economist

Larry Niven

As for AIDS, it's a plague. We are human, we get plagues. They come along every so often, kill off two thirds of the population; in the next generation it's a quarter; after that it's a childhood disease.

American Writer

Felicity Huffman

The pressure on women to be thin is like a plague. I have gone through my life, like a lot of women, rating my experiences on the basis of, 'Was I thin at that time or fat?' And it doesn't seem to let up.

American Actress

Jimmy Barnes

I know that life is full of lessons to be learned, and my children will have to learn their own, but I hope I have broken the cycle of shame and fear that plagued my childhood.

Scottish Musician

Mark Philippoussis

If you told me as a ten-year-old kid, loving tennis as I did, that I'd be plagued by injuries and have to finish early I'd still have chosen this life.

Australian Tennis Player

Larry Kramer

AIDS was allowed to happen. It is a plague that need not have happened. It is a plague that could have been contained from the very beginning.

American Playwright

Ajit Pai

Unfortunately, Lifeline, known in some circles as the 'Obamaphone' program, is plagued by waste, fraud, and abuse.

American Public Servant

Muhammad Ali

If you lose a big fight, it will worry you all of your life. It will plague you - until you get your revenge.

American Boxer

Voltaire

Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes.

French Writer

Barack Obama

The Middle East is obviously an issue that has plagued the region for centuries.

American President

Use 'plague' to refer to infamous disease outbreaks in history.

Historical Disease

Emphasize the severity and wide effect of an outbreak with 'plague'.

Severity Context

Use 'plague' metaphorically to compare a disease to past pandemics.

Metaphorical Use

Use 'plague' for persistent and widespread problems or annoyances.

Figurative Annoyance

Use 'plague' to exaggerate an issue for dramatic effect.

Exaggeration

Use 'plague' to talk about problems that repeatedly occur over time.

Continuous Problems

The verb 'plague' always implies a negative impact or difficulties.

Negative Connotation

Use 'plague' in religious contexts, often relating to divine punishment.

Biblical Reference

The word 'plague' in religious texts conveys a serious, somber tone.

Grave Tone

 weakening feudalism, and eventually leading to political reforms. But the plague also had an important biological impact. The sudden death of so many of the most frail and vulnerable people left behind a population with a significantly different gene pool, including genes that may have helped survivors resist the disease.

The past, present and...

 based on cloves a strong antiseptic oil and on orous which is a perfect fixative and that he held in his mouth and suggested other people hold in their mouth as a preventive against the plague it's possible that it might even have been helpful because clove is a strong antiseptic oil and it may have actually

Making Plague Victims PIPE...

 What also aided in the transmission of the disease was the lack of medical knowledge. For most of human history, the cause of illnesses, germs, was unknown, making sicknesses like the plague a mystery. This lack of knowledge drove the spread of disease

Plague 101 PIPE National...

 and moved inside the walls surrounding their city and port, now provisioned by a superior fleet and extensive maritime empire. The cramped conditions have taken a toll and a recent plague wiped out a third of the population. But city life goes on.

A day in the life of an...

 peers avoiding me like the plague in a meeting with the chair of my department I was told that I needed a team you're not going to survive here without a team he said the only problem was no one wanted me on their team there was no

How to disrupt...

 today it is often traumatic, because it threatens our sense of self. So my patient Fernando, he's plagued. He goes "I thought I knew my life. I thought I knew who you were, who we were as a couple, who I was.

Rethinking infidelity...

 First, humans are essential to the smallpox lifecycle, so breaking the chain of human to human transmission causes the virus to die out. In contrast, many other pathogens, like ebola or the bubonic plague,

Learning from smallpox:...

 The virus is contained for now, but unless you can destroy it, the vents will soon open and unleash a deadly airborne plague. Without hesitation, you grab your HazMat suit and get ready to save the world.

Can you solve the virus...

 He used his scientific expertise to pioneer new agricultural methods on his family's tobacco farm. His fascination with the natural world also led to a study on the plague life cycle of locusts.

The exceptional life of...

 life in the kelp is as full of drama as in any other forest but the cast is less familiar an army of sea urchins is mounting an attack the urchin plague

Plague

A dangerous disease that spread quickly and kills a lot of people.

A very troublesome or annoying thing or person.

To cause lots of problems or difficulties.

A punishment from God.

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