cripple
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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
These cases, officials warned, “are poised to cripple the entirety of California’s civil justice system.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
A steep drop in the first few years of retirement, while you’re pulling money out to live on, can permanently cripple a portfolio even after the market recovers.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026
Abrupt, unwelcome occurrences scar our autonomy and cripple our illusion of independence; the question of what went wrong falls on our shoulders, another loop to languish inside.
From Salon ● May 30, 2026
With their superior numbers, the Germans could cripple the Allied armies once and for all.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
“We will engage in good-faith dialogue, but we will not accept any outcome that cripples UC’s core mission or undermines taxpayer investments.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2025
Shoaib Awan, from the group, says the crime is a nationwide "plague that cripples businesses - the loss of work, the loss of earnings".
From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2025
This legacy often cripples their ability to transition into adulthood as a functioning member of society.
From Slate ● Oct. 12, 2023
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
I will take your old men, your wounded, and your cripples, even those who can no longer fight.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
Mainland investors have been seeking to diversify their holdings in recent years as a debt crisis has crippled the Chinese property sector, long viewed as a safe bet to park assets, analysts told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
In downtown L.A., vandalism, shuttered storefronts and post-COVID abandonment have crippled what was a vibrant, revenue-generating economy that benefited the whole city.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2026
It crippled education as thousands of teachers left their roles, and students like Ma Naw Phaw refused to enrol in junta-controlled schools.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
The crisis at GKN Aerospace began May 21, when the Orange County Fire Authority responded to the crippled pressurized tank, which was heating up, according to a report issued by state officials.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026
Ross Milton came, and although he was too crippled to work, the men were pleased to have him with them, and Jethro was delighted.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
Those reforms sparked a boom in real estate and construction, which would soar to become a quarter of China's economy before a crippling debt crisis struck in 2020.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Together we addressed my combination of crippling anxiety, debilitating fear and crushingly low self-image.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
For Sarah Bodger the cost of travelling to work is "crippling".
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 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
The guilt that rises up in me is near to crippling.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
