handicap

This would risk becoming an embarrassment as well as a handicap.

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026

Shah admits that Uncle Sam could contribute to volatility, as markets try to handicap these potential worries.

From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026

Another of Apple’s AI advantages, its emphasis on protecting users’ privacy, is also a handicap.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

Obviousness is this film’s handicap — and the main joke.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026

But do you think my hands were as great a handicap as the bone spurs?

From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway

As far as handicaps go, if you are sweeping your putts, you’re only hurting yourself and no one else…keep it enjoyable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026

It also created a ranking system, Spindex, with the hopes of making it a ratings scale similar to golf handicaps.

From Barron's ● Mar. 31, 2026

More than 40% of the district’s voters are Democrats, while 28.3% are Republicans and 23.3% registered as having no party preference, according to the nonpartisan California Target Book, which handicaps congressional races.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2025

Administrators admit the system is open to abuse and some players artificially manipulate handicaps to improve their chances of winning amateur competitions.

From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2025

The skiff was sailing well considering the handicaps and he steered with the tiller under his arm.

From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway

That has handicapped Europe’s ability to compete with the U.S. and China.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026

Byron Callan, a defense analyst at Washington, D.C.–based Capital Alpha Partners, which advises investors on government policy matters, has handicapped five possible outcomes in Iran.

From Barron's ● Mar. 6, 2026

It may transpire that Verstappen's car was handicapped when he set his fastest time.

From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2025

Cognitive fluency and watery judicial eyes aside, Arriaga and I are still handicapped without a PC.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2024

We attracted a lot of attention when we traveled because we were poor and Jewish and my mother was handicapped.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride

The tracks contend that because they give you minimal handicapping information, and that you are not betting against the house but other players, it’s a game of skill.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2026

Three smart financial thinkers recently did some handicapping for us.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026

The new Siri is proving to be difficult because Apple came into the AI race by handicapping itself.

From Barron's ● Dec. 5, 2025

Aston Martin locked out the back row of the grid in Belgium just a week ago, the car's high drag handicapping it on the long, high-speed sections at Spa-Francorchamps.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2025

By handicapping me with several poor players, and having the best players among the boys in opposition, we made a pretty evenly matched team at school section No. 12.

From In the Midst of Alarms by Robert Barr