Sentence examples for massive plague from inspiring English sources

In the incident described here, the Venetian authorities in the 17th century adopted a plan for a massive plague attack in Crete to save their possession from Ottoman forces.

Because an outbreak that occurred only in the Ottoman camp around the city of Candia would be suspicious, Foscolo proposed an alternative "perfect plan"—a massive plague attack against all the Ottoman camps in different places of the island, which would look like a real epidemic of large scale.

The Christian Science Monitor suggests what the massive drought plaguing some the country's most fertile agricultural regions might mean for food prices, and Obama's hope for reelection.

This "headset removal" solution obviously wasn't some sort of massive issue plaguing VR content creators/sharers but it's cool to see Google going to thoughtful lengths to solve problems that most consumers didn't even see as a problem.

Other attractions: The super-regulated Europe tends not to get the massive overbuilding that plagues American cities.

Finally, Finland does not have nearly the income disparity and the massive poverty that plagues the US and stands behind so much school failure.

And if you've ever heard Colicchio speak about the massive hunger issues plaguing America, you know that he is a powerful advocate for change.

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But the tragic story of Kalief Browder, who was confined for three years on the island without trial coupled with other cases of beatdowns, corruption, and gang violence continued to plague the massive jail complex.

Jakarta has begun a monorail project to combat the air pollution and massive traffic jams that plague the city of nearly 9 million people and 5 million vehicles.

"Far too often, the spending is plagued by massive cost overruns, outright fraud and the absence of oversight and accountability," Mr. Obama said.