stricken

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Years later, Lou shook with tears and reached for his son’s hand in his own mother’s hospital room as she lay stricken with illness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

An animal charity is having to pay out about £400,000 on vet bills each year as call-outs to help stricken dogs increase "massively", staff say.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

The company also operates the stricken Fukushima Daiichi plant, now being decommissioned.

From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026

Stopping at the "twisted" frame of his bike to grab some medical supplies, Mr Vernon began triaging the stricken fans in the road, including some still trapped under the Ford Galaxy.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2025

Paul Marshall lowered himself into the armchair lately used by the stricken Arabella.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan