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He expected the chemical would addle mitochondria in every organ.

From Science Magazine ● May 4, 2023

They even had the guts as three Olympic rookies to watch old South Korean Olympic victory videos, a part of preparation that might addle some.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 25, 2021

Her putter works just fine from medium to long range; it’s the tiddlers that get her nerves jangling and addle the head.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 3, 2019

The company will also remove nests, transport injured birds to rehabilitation centers and addle the eggs.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2018

“You’ll addle your brains if you don’t watch out.”

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

Ms. Young brings an addled affect and biting humor to the role, making rich comedy of Fontaine’s testy interactions with a flight attendant—a species previously unknown to the character.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

What rare fruit survived to maturity on these little, addled trees was misshapen, acrid, and stubbornly green on one end; in short, it tasted terrible.

From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026

But, like every addled maniac, his hatred lacks focus.

From Salon ● Jan. 5, 2025

Peruvians are demoralized by all the corruption and still addled from the COVID-19 pandemic, Gorriti says.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 27, 2024

But the boy was full of mixed hate and pity now, and it addled him.

From "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong

He said social media could create "greater connections and a sense of belonging" but also came with risks including the "harm of addling the developing mind of young people".

From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2026

It is the play itself that lurches and rocks us, addling our expectation of narrative coherence in order to take us inside the sort of experience that can’t be grasped with the mind alone.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 30, 2019

I can't decide if it is amusing, ironic or horrifying to note that Universities, institutions allegedly dedicated to expanding and improving the mind, principally responsible for addling the brains of their matriculants.

From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2018

The blaze has been propelled by a heatwave addling much of the nation, in addition to the naturally dry and windy conditions of Southern California's Santa Clarita Valley, the area affected by the fire.

From US News ● Jul. 25, 2016

With the algebraists, however, who are pagans themselves, the 'pagan fables' are believed, and the inferences are made, not so much through lapse of memory as through an unaccountable addling of the brains.

From Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes Detective Stories by Joseph Lewis French