crippling
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This confluence of factors coupled with rising wait times and skyrocketing costs of compute are crippling a generation of newcomers trying to compete with Google, Anthropic and OpenAI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
He is expected to say that faster connections to the electricity grid could help fix a "cost crisis" in energy that has proved "crippling for businesses".
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Their crippling codependence is alienating, as if there really were only one of them.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
Newsom is also considering a closely watched package that would shield utilities from potentially crippling wildfire liability.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
She winds slowly and with difficulty because of her gradually crippling hands, but with determination.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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