Sentence examples for major scourge from inspiring English sources
The outbreak is now reckoned to be more severe than the last major scourge, in 1967.
Malaria, a major scourge of the rural south, declined sharply as quinine became widely available after 1900.
In justifying its action, the tribe has cited several of its own studies indicating that alcohol abuse is a major scourge among the Yakama Indians: one found a rate of fetal alcohol syndrome five times above the national average, and another concluded that 80percentt of traffic deaths on the reservation were alcohol-related, about twice the statewide average.
RNPA1000 killed cells from all 12 major strains of methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA), a major scourge of hospitals in the United States and elsewhere.
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More recently, LePage has been talking about the heroin crisis in Maine, saying that drug traffickers are a major scourge on the state -- particularly black drug dealers who allegedly "impregnate a young, white girl before they leave". .
The group's report is a setback for doctors and researchers trying to combat one of the major scourges of the twentieth century.
Why? — Eric Asimov The Wall Street Journal: The Journal takes on two major scourges: the co-workers who are making us fat with homemade goodies, birthday cakes and guilt; and the diners who make reservations then don't show up.
With respect to healthcare, his keen interest in improving the understanding and treatment of two major scourges of our world today, diabetes and cancer, have led to potential new treatments that are now in, or close to, human trials.
Obiageli Ezekwesili, a vice-president of the bank, says that more than 80m jobs may leave China owing to wage pressures, not all to neighbouring countries with low costs; if African labour productivity continues to rise, many could go to Africa, especially if corruption and red tape, still major scourges of the continent, are curbed.
Research into the planet's major scourges is moving out of the backwaters and onto the world stage.
