debilitating
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Everyone who has the salmon suffers debilitating food poisoning, including the two pilots.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
From an early age, Small suffered debilitating stage fright.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
Still, the disinflationary factors noted suggest “the inflationary fallout from the contemporary oil crisis may prove far less debilitating than widely feared.”
From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026
A tearful Savannah Guthrie described the debilitating agony that haunts her at night.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
Despite the brutal, debilitating impact of these “collateral consequences” on the lives of those convicted of crimes, courts have generally declined to find that such sanctions are actually “punishment” for constitutional purposes.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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