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The ills
adjective
Evil; wicked (of people).
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The ills that afflict Congress are many.
"The ills of the past are crumbling," he continued.
The ills of many public schools are undeniable.
The ills that he identifies are all real, of course.
"The ills of poverty permeated every facet of this community," she said.
O'er a' the ills o' life victorious!
("Most doctors evolve the ills they profess to cure").
The worst of the ills Vann was encountering was corruption.
It has some of the ills that plague other cities.
Often, the ills of the Party are the ills of the people… the Party is the people itself.
From "The Ills of the Government Shutdown," by Celine Gounder.
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