cripple

Example Sentences

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“It looks like an attempt to cripple Anthropic,” U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

Economic sanctions have helped to cripple its economy.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 2, 2026

That has included additional sanctions designed to economically cripple the country and dry up its oil revenues from sales on the global market.

From Barron's • Dec. 27, 2025

Analysts warn that permanent layoffs could cripple key agencies and deepen dysfunction in an already strained federal system.

From Salon • Oct. 11, 2025

Its report said hunger-caused intellectual disabilities among the young were likely to cripple economic growth even if the country opened to the outside world or united with the South.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden