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Having also beaten the Belarusian to win this year's Australian Open title, Rybakina now has the opportunity to inflict further damage.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

“We’ve always been prey,” said Joshua Corman, a cybersecurity expert at the Institute for Security and Technology, noting that Tehran tends to favor attacks that signal to Washington it can inflict pain inside the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026

That isn’t to say that a 22% haircut wouldn’t inflict serious financial hardship on millions of retirees.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026

More importantly, that thinking ignores the trauma the investigations themselves inflict.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

He deferred his departure a whole week, and during that time he made me feel what severe punishment a good yet stern, a conscientious yet implacable man can inflict on one who has offended him.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

Jocelin’s certainty is absolute; so is the damage it inflicts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

This includes Dolan’s fronting of an embarrassing blues-rock band, often while sporting a fedora, and he inflicts his music on audiences by installing himself as the opener for acts like the Eagles.

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026

"Please can we not be a church that inflicts such pain, and that I believe is the fundamental choice at the base of this bill," he added.

From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026

Sensitively, the film portrays the devastation Alzheimer's disease inflicts on a patient's loved ones.

From Barron's ● Feb. 21, 2026

Is humanity worth the pain it inflicts upon itself?

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

In the 1950s, New World screwworm infestations inflicted enormous losses on U.S. livestock producers.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026

But this is how discovery works: If you claim a broadcast inflicted extraordinary economic harm, the defendant gets to test that claim.

From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026

The billionaire has since repeated that he is keeping the option of striking Tehran on the table, but prefers to stress the economic damage inflicted on the country through economic sanctions.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

Even so, the damage these fires have inflicted on the environment, hundreds of homes, tourism, local businesses and air quality has left the French public with a lot of questions.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

But this, too, entailed military weakness, and since the privations it inflicted were obviously unnecessary, it made opposition inevitable.

From "1984" by George Orwell

In the summer, it also began targeting warehouses of Russia's biggest online retailer Wildberries, inflicting losses not only on the company but also on hundreds of sellers who use the platform.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

The problem for Bolivia was not the heat that mother nature was inflicting on them - it was the heat they were getting from Scotland, who were patient, precise and clinical.

From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026

French lawmakers on Tuesday recognised the state's partial responsibility in allowing a toxic pesticide to be used in the French West Indies despite health warnings, inflicting long-term harm on the islands and their people.

From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026

That is a mental roadblock you’re inflicting on yourself.

From MarketWatch ● May 6, 2026

The injury to Booth’s leg had caused the tissue to swell up and create a seal that could not be broken without inflicting agony upon the patient and possibly worsening the injury.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson