Synonyms for plagued
plagued

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1. List of paraphrases for "plagued":

   ravaged, tormented, afflicted, bedevilled, beset, prey, blighted

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1. Duncan Hunter:

   It's a pathetic response to a serious problem that has plagued the ability of the U.S. to successfully recover Americans held captive in the post-9/11 era.

2. Mervyn Teo:

   Management tussles accelerated its operational and financial deterioration, on top of being in an industry plagued by overcapacity.

3. Ritchie Torres:

   Many of these buildings are old. Not every apartment has a fire alarm. Most of these buildings have no sprinkler system. And so the risk of a fire is much higher in lower-income neighborhoods in The Bronx than it might be elsewhere in New York City or in the country, when we allow our affordable housing developments to be plagued by decades of disinvestment, we are putting lives at risk. These buildings are wide open to catastrophic fires that can cost people their lives, including the lives of children.

4. Jimmy Dickens:

   May the bird of paradise fly up your nose; May an elephant caress you with its toes; May your wife be plagued with runners in her hose; May the bird of paradise fly up your nose.

5. Ernst Fehr:

   Many scandals..have plagued the financial industry in the last decade, These scandals raise the question whether the business culture in the banking industry is favoring, or at least tolerating, fraudulent or unethical behaviors.