noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
describe
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The more he describes the plight of public services, the more voters are reminded of the need for more public money.
ease
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There was little Sanson could do to ease the King's plight other than expedite the procedure.
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Or he could introduce an exchange rate policy to ease the plight of manufacturing companies.
highlight
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First introduced in 1989, Adopt-a-Pet aims to highlight the plight of abandoned animals and encourage more responsible pet ownership.
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Elderly people isolated A new report has highlighted the isolated plight of elderly people in residential care who have a hearing loss.
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There are better ways to highlight the plight of the homeless.
ignore
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Yet people ignore the plight of, say, the several species of bat which are on the edge of extinction.
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But he ignores the plight of pensioners.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A new report exposes the plight of skilled nurses, who work long hours for very low rates of pay.
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His chief concern is the plight of kids growing up in the ghettoes.
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Roy was sympathetic to her plight and offered to help her look for her daughter.
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the plight of homeless children
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The film deals with the nomadic desert people of the Sahel, whose plight has worsened in the recent years of drought.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Concern about the plight of young intellectuals was mixed with promises of improvements.
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He embraced their plight as best he could.
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Her husband simply dismissed her plight and carried on with his plan to go riding.
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It parks, waits and taunts our plight .
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The Republican contender said he never understood the plight of the handicapped before he was injured.
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There can be no real understanding of the plight of either rural or urban poor.
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Through their various plights, the drama questions a world where feminine ideals regularly defy rational explanation.