"I think we deserve to be beaten out of our beautiful houses with a scourge of small cords—all of us who let tenants live in such sties as we see round us.
Barcelona, Spain When Ada Colau, Barcelona's first female mayor, took office in 2015, she wasn't one to mince her words about the scourge that is tourism on her beloved city.
It was extended and preserved in the 19th century, when our nation spread across the continent, ,,, saved the union, and abolished the awful scourge of slavery.
" "We want to help companies become plastic free and through our 25 Year Environment Plan we are putting in place the ambitions to encourage all of us to play our part in ending the scourge of plastic waste in our natural environment.
Now computers are taking a step into a very human territory: the reading comprehension test, scourge of schoolchildren everywhere.
Talk to a bunch of economists and they will doubtless tell you that poor productivity growth is the scourge of our age.
" "Clickbait" has been a scourge of the web for several years.
Tiny noses and long whiskers twitching, they've scurried and sniffed their way across 775 square meters of fields to eliminate a scourge that has killed thousands of Cambodians: land mines.
Tough and fierce and fond of fighting in his youth, Zhou Chu was a big scourge in the county.
This fiend, whose ghastly presence ever Beside thee like thy shadow hangs, , Dream not to chase; —the mad endeavour : Would scourge thee to severer pangs.
China's millions of novice travellers want to be respected in the countries they visit, not looked down upon as a kind of scourge.
Therefore, we should take effective steps, including birth control, promotion of sustainable development, and research about new water resource, to alleviate this modern-day scourge .
This year's commemoration focuses on the scourge of human trafficking and the plight of approximately 21 million women, men and children in various forms of modern slavery.
Battle of "The Bulge" "" While it's true that support garments count as underwear, I thought the scourge of the Spanx deserved its own entry.