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"the scourge of" is correct and usable in written English.
The phrase is often used to refer to a serious problem or affliction. For example, "The pandemic was the scourge of 2020."
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The scourge of poverty.
The scourge of corruption is spreading.
It even survived the scourge of basketball.
He was the scourge of the Soviets".
Worldwide, the scourge of inflation is dormant.
Interrupts are the scourge of big projects.
The scourge of Alzheimer's is daunting.
The scourge of cretins and creeps.
INFLATION is the scourge of retirement accounts.
Drugs are the scourge of our society.
My cousins were the scourge of Butlins.
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behind the scourge of
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the pandemic of
the outbreak of
the bane of
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the problem of
the terrorism of
the violence of
the poverty of
the evil of
the affliction of
the curse of
the calamity of
the blight of
the epidemic of
the tragedy of
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