cripple

Higher mortgage rates could cripple an already weak housing market.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026

President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of trying to "cripple the economy and destroy people's lives" with intensifying strikes on civilian infrastructure, including the railways.

From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026

The U.S. launched a campaign called Operation Economic Outcast to cripple Iran’s economy by cutting off its remaining lifelines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

A business fears proposals to charge Cardiff employers thousands of pounds for staff parking could "cripple" employers in the city.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

He feared that the Retrenchment Committee would cripple the fair for once and for all.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

She added that VAT on businesses like hers "cripples creativity".

From BBC ● May 13, 2026

This legacy often cripples their ability to transition into adulthood as a functioning member of society.

From Slate ● Oct. 12, 2023

Then there are the more than half-million patients like Santos, who has a malignancy of the blood or lymph nodes that cripples a vital line of defense against infection.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 2, 2022

So even in the most extreme drought, when we look back 100 years, there's nothing that cripples hydro in a serious way.

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2022

Whether any of the nephews shared Yezzan’s fondness for cripples, freaks, and grotesques was far less certain.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

“Their emails start out, ‘You’re my last hope of not being a crippled, miserable, dead person,’ ” he said.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

“We were promised Black jobs, Black dollars and an economic boost to Crenshaw, but businesses have been crippled one by one,” Shorter said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

The Daily Mail carries an exclusive on "fictitious" child maintenance charges that have left some parents "financially crippled".

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026

Disruptions can come out of the blue: a ransomware attack crippled one Treasury dealer in 2023.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

My mother recovering slowly, but now definitely crippled for life.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

Boucher said she had had to take out personal loans to cover the costs, which had been "crippling".

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

The sickness spread to Detroit before reaching Buffalo and Rochester in upstate New York, crippling local economies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

But his PTI party made little headway improving Pakistan's finances, with galloping inflation, crippling debt and a feeble rupee undermining economic reform.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

By 2015, however, crippling anxiety and loss of control left him so overwhelmed that he carried a water bottle everywhere, terrified that he might choke on his own saliva.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

I expressed my delight to be back among them, but I then scolded the people for some of the crippling problems of urban black life.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela