Was heißt »Plage« auf Englisch?

Das Substantiv Plage lässt sich wie folgt von Deutsch auf Englisch übersetzen:

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Wühlmäuse im Garten sind eine Plage.: Voles in the garden are a nuisance.
Darum sorgt nicht für den andern Morgen; denn der morgende Tag wird für das Seine sorgen. Es ist genug, dass ein jeglicher Tag seine eigene Plage habe.: Therefore don't be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day's own evil is sufficient.
Flöhe sind Plagen wie auch die Schaben, doch ist’s zu ertragen, Spinnen zu haben.: Flees are a problem, and roaches are a problem, but spiders are alright.

They heard that a Seven-Headed Dragon was ravaging the neighbouring kingdom, and that the king had promised his daughter's hand to anyone that would free the land from this scourge.
Their first daughter died from the plague in 1576.
"Does anyone know what has caused this plague?" "The scholars of the University of Paris believe that the source of this evil is an especially unfavorable constellation of Jupiter, Saturn, and Mars."
On July 16, 1439, King Henry VI banned kissing in England to curtail the spread of the plague.
The plague is spread mostly by rats.
The United States faced a Bubonic plague epidemic at the beginning of the twentieth century.
She's been avoiding him like the plague.
She avoided him like the plague.
The plague has devastated entire cities.
Empowered, informed citizens are the scourge of any tyrant.
Tom has been avoiding me like the plague ever since he borrowed my car.
Tom has been avoiding me like the plague ever since he broke my glasses.
If you don't start treating people with a little more respect, people may start avoiding you like the plague.
For some reason, people have been avoiding me like the plague ever since I got back from India.
In spite of the serious risk of infection, Simond caught a plague-infected rat in the street.
Thousands of people died during the plague.
The plague occurred that year.