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Example sentences for: scourge

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The memoir of this former ally of the Black Panthers turned scourge of the New Left draws cheers and jeers from predictable quarters.
They faced repeated assault and siege from neighboring Malay forces, and malaria was a constant scourge.
If gambling were the grim scourge portrayed by its opponents, it would not have gone from a contemptible vice to an innocent diversion in a single generation.
He arrived at a convenient time in the tobacco fight: He had no strong feelings about the evil weed, and he became the tobacco scourge only when Republican leaders asked him to shepherd the bill through the Senate.
Taking on corporate welfare might backfire, casting Clinton in the discredited role of Democratic scourge of business.