handicap
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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
His golf handicap just went up in my book.
From MarketWatch ● May 27, 2026
But the spectacularly bad start meant that the two-length handicap he faced by virtue of his lane assignment was even greater now.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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
Awards columnist Glenn Whipp handicaps the best picture race as it stands right now.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2025
With Rory McIlroy's Masters success - and career Grand Slam - expected to inspire a surge in participation, golf bosses are warning humble hackers to avoid cheating on their handicaps.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2025
Not all races are handicaps—in the Triple Crown, for example, all male horses carry 126 pounds—but most top races for older horses, including the Santa Anita Handicap, are handicaps.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
Yet the House is down to a minuscule majority, and Senate Republicans are handicapped by the death of Sen. Lindsey Graham and the hospitalization of Sen. Mitch McConnell.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
It has long been handicapped by a rule requiring full consensus among members, meaning decisions are few and far between.
From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026
It may transpire that Verstappen's car was handicapped when he set his fastest time.
From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2025
Some clearly display handicapped plaques as they go to the store.
From Salon ● Apr. 1, 2025
At the airport garage we have no trouble finding a row of empty handicapped parking spaces.
From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper
It irks people when they buy milk but gets scant attention when they buy stocks, unless it’s about handicapping what the Fed’s next rate move might be.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 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
But Snead and McVay knew better, instead handicapping a rookie defensive coordinator from the jump because they had a better-than-expected 2023 season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2024
He was working slowly, his wounded shoulder handicapping him sorely, for he found difficulty in bedding down the horses with only one available hand.
From The Watchers of the Plains A Tale of the Western Prairies by Ridgwell Cullum
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