crippling
Example Sentences
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"It's crippling them - I think it will force them out," she said.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
They hired general managers just to fire them a couple of years later, burned through coaches and signed washed-up star players to crippling contracts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
When a beefy bad guy who was about to squish a normal-sized good guy received a crippling blow to the scrotum, I laughed.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
Token prices have risen about 60% since the end of February, driven by more users turning to agentic AI to independently carry out tasks and a crippling shortage of memory and storage.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026
Plus, the heat aggravated her crippling sick headaches, and she had to resort to a big spoonful of Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, known to be the Best Blood Purifier for Women.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
