as in predicament
a very bad or difficult situation
—usually singular
The recent cut in funding will only contribute to the hospital's financial plight. the plight of the unemployed
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Recent Examples of plight
Mitch Wallace, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
Villa have suffered from their own run of stuttering form, but City’s plight means that will be mostly brushed under the carpet.
—Oli Gamp, The Athletic, 21 Dec. 2024
Gina Lee Castro, Journal Sentinel, 11 Oct. 2024
Not for months, but for years, plighting their troth.
—Guy Martin, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
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Noun
The story instead deals with running the shop, meeting interesting customers and learning about their passions and plights.
—Mitch Wallace, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
Villa have suffered from their own run of stuttering form, but City’s plight means that will be mostly brushed under the carpet.
—Oli Gamp, The Athletic, 21 Dec. 2024
Verb
Latino history in the U.S. is plighted with systemic issues from mass deportations in the 1920s and 1930s, to poor working conditions for farm workers, to segregated schools, to arrests and stereotypes during the war on drugs.
—Gina Lee Castro, Journal Sentinel, 11 Oct. 2024
Not for months, but for years, plighting their troth.
—Guy Martin, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plight
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The confusion over Everton’s managerial situation has been unhelpful given the team’s predicament.Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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The widespread indifference to the Uyghurs’ predicament exposes double standards, not only among today’s prevailing political ideologies, but also within the international politics of human rights.Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2025
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Trump has also promised to grant clemency to rioters who showed up at the Capitol on Jan. 6 four years ago.Tara Suter, The Hill, 6 Jan. 2025
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Disney has separately promised a $145 million term loan to Fubo for 2026.Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 6 Jan. 2025
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Studies point to lower grades and higher rates of car accidents, athletic injuries, risky behaviors, substance abuse, obesity, depression, and anxiety.Lynne Peeples, TIME, 6 Jan. 2025
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No place does this mix of anxiety and forward-looking techno-evangelism spring forth more profusely than at CES.Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 5 Jan. 2025
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For this year, authorities have vowed to make boosting consumption a top priority and to revive credit demand with lower corporate financing and household borrowing costs.Anniek Bao, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2025
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For example, Trump vowed during the presidential campaign to deny Newsom federal money to fight wildfires unless the governor diverted more water to farms.George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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The storm is also expected to impact travel and bring some places to a standstill, closing schools, roads and creating hazards Despite the inconveniences that come with being snowed in, many are taking to social media and finding humor or beauty in the situation.Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
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Remind yourself that these minor inconveniences or roadblocks are only temporary.Jack Kelly, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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Lifelong Knick fanatic here who refuses to warm to this team after our management utterly mortgaged the team's future via its absurd overpay of 4 unprotected #1s (plus a 2028 swap, plus the Bucks #1 in 2025), years in advance, for a very good, but hardly franchise-worthy, player.James L. Edwards III, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
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Don’t allow Grier and McDaniel to mortgage the future in a desperate effort to win in 2025.Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2025
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The two got engaged in 2014 and have remained affianced since.Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 5 May 2023
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Alexandra Crotin, a rep for Stone, later confirmed to USA TODAY the actress and writer are now affianced.Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2019
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Spring 2023: The makings of a partnership A seismic shift came when Johnson, buoyed by more than $2 million in support from the CTU, was sworn into office in spring 2023.Ikram Mohamed, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2025
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Some TikTokers swear by a hangover remedy called DHM (dihydromyricetin), a flavonoid found in several plants native to Asia.John Loeppky, Verywell Health, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Plight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plight. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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