plaguing

verb

present participle of plague
as in afflicting
to cause persistent suffering to plagued by a cough for all of last week

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Recent Examples of plaguing This is the latest of a string of thefts plaguing France and Europe more broadly, which have made headlines since thieves broke into the Louvre in October 2025 and were able to get away with much of the country’s remaining crown jewels. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 6 Oct. 2026 Engineers designed Talon Blue to solve the severe cost overruns and production delays currently plaguing Western militaries. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026 Clockout, a networking app designed for finding professionals, clubs and events nearby, looks to fix the loneliness syndrome plaguing young workers. — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026 Continue reading … -- POLITICS IDENTITY HEIST — How a hidden scam plaguing college campuses has racked up a multimillion-dollar price tag. — FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026 That is the question plaguing university leaders across the country, and nowhere is the debate raging more fiercely these days than at the University of California. — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026 Warren’s attempt to suppress the procession exemplifies the sort of religious prejudices plaguing Italian communities during that period. — Clare Whitton, The Conversation, 17 Sep. 2026 But to Molland, many of their struggles aren’t that different from those plaguing modern couples. — Marta Balaga, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026 In The Book of Magic, Franny Owens sacrifices her life to finally break the 300-year-old ancestral love curse plaguing their family. — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plaguing
  1. afflicting
  2. persecuting
  3. besieging
  4. torturing
Verb
  • Singh and Jaggseer, like Beyoncé and Lil Nas X before them, highlight an identity crisis afflicting modern country music.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The work continues and the Frates family has maintained the passion that Pete instilled in them in fighting the disease that is still afflicting far too many people.
    — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of afflicting
Verb
  • Biden weaponized Law Enforcement against his political opponent, while also persecuting many other innocent people.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 11 June 2026
  • Jack Hayford, the founder of the King’s University, in Texas, claimed that the film was persecuting Christians, who only wanted to be treated equally.
    — Isaac Butler, New Yorker, 30 May 2026
Definition of persecuting
Verb
  • Israeli police have not announced any arrests or charges against any settler allegedly involved in besieging the Palestinian homes and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has not publicly commented on the incident.
    — Reuters, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Israeli settlers have been besieging homes in the Palestinian village of Qusra for more than a week, with the Israeli military failing to end the violent intimidation campaign.
    — Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of besieging
Verb
  • In 1996, Pike was found guilty of first-degree murder for beating, torturing and killing Slemmer, a fellow Jobs Corps worker, in a remote area of the University of Tennessee Agricultural campus.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
  • In 1995, Christa Pike confessed to murdering and torturing her classmate Colleen Slemmer.
    — Robert Gebelhoff, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of torturing

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“Plaguing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plaguing. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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