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Discover LudwigThe phrase "afflict much" is not commonly used in written English and may sound awkward.
It could be used in contexts discussing the extent of suffering or distress caused by something.
Example: "The disease can afflict much pain on those who are affected by it."
Alternatives: "cause significant suffering" or "inflict a great deal of pain."
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Another factor holding back investment is the short-term strategies that, these days, afflict much of corporate America.
The coups, election theft and statecraft-by-murder that afflict much of the developing world don't happen here.
But the Antarctic Plateau, deep in the continent's interior, is far removed from the howling winds and big snowfalls that afflict much of the lowlands below.
And they illuminate the groupthink blindness that came to afflict much of Wall Street and Washington, with bankers and heavily lobbied regulators ignoring the warning signs of systemic risk, even as subprime mortgages went from being a tiny niche market to a bigger and bigger slice of the mortgage pie.
The U.S. cannot expect to escape the problems that afflict much of the world today.
Perhaps this and other diseases that commonly afflict much older adults are a price we pay for our long life spans.
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A similar implausibility afflicts much of the story's detail.
One reason for this may be the parochialism that afflicts much of Taiwan's media.
Yet it is not immune to the violence afflicting much of the Arab world.
The problem is fundamental because the speculative cycle afflicts much of the world.
Yet the political chaos and violence afflicting much of the rest of North Africa continues to creep across Tunisian borders.
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