Sentence examples for over the scourge from inspiring English sources

The new cases abruptly raised anxiety over the scourge to a new level.

Instead, a massive, multiyear propaganda campaign has continued to tout the government's final victory over the scourge of illiteracy.

The local media responded with a bout of soul-searching over the scourge of racism.Until relatively recently, nearly all Koreans prided themselves on their "pure" blood.

Only by working together, across borders and jurisdictions, can we ensure that the ideals set forth in the United Nations Convention against Corruption are realized, that the promise of democracy is fulfilled, and that the rule of law triumphs over the scourge of kleptocracy and corruption.

And to win a final victory over the scourge of polio.

Over-reaction to the scourge of terrorism is nothing new, even in established democracies.

By The New Yorker August 26, 2010 The AMC Empire 25 movie theatre in midtown Manhattan, the Empire State Building, and our minds — all have been taken over, it seems, by the scourge of the earth: bedbugs.

While there has been a mass demobilisation in countries such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo over the past decade, the scourge is persistent in finding new outlets.

The scourge of over-prescribed opioids touches every demographic.

However, industrial farming has a high external cost and results in the scourge of over-consumption and food wastage (which, if it were a country, would be the third largest emitter of carbon emissions).

And when the government began pouring money into the anti-cancer effort in the 1970s, the debate over how to confront the scourge intensified.Although the science behind cancer was still in its infancy, some argued that the funds should go to finding cures quickly based on existing, but incomplete, leads the "moon shot" approach.