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This week President Vladimir Putin conceded that attacks on industrial facilities and infrastructure "do inflict damage; this is obvious. We understand this, we see it."

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 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

"Why would he inflict you on me? I wanted him to come himself."

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

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

What inflicts the damage is not so much plausibility in the abstract as repetition inside intimacy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026

There's also the very visible, and seemingly intractable, problem of homelessness, which inflicts misery on the thousands who suffer it and scars the streets of great cities like Los Angeles and San Francisco.

From Barron's ● May 5, 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

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

After all the pain Boeing has inflicted on its shareholders and the public, it can’t afford another misstep.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

Left in the blocks, the Briton had to watch on as Olympic champion Julien Alfred inflicted Melissa Jefferson-Wooden's first defeat over the distance in two years, edging out the American in a 10.70-second photo finish.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 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

When Walt’s double life came to light, the revelations inflicted deep wounds.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

The eurozone economy has also proved resilient, growing faster than expected in the second quarter, leaving policymakers with some room to lift borrowing costs without inflicting major damage.

From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026

The overstretched will slide into financial distress, inflicting losses on banks and on the private lenders that have proliferated.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026

They hoped they'd left the Champions League drawing board behind, but they're right back where they were when Kairat and Midtjylland and Ferencvaros and Cluj and AEK were the ones inflicting the pain.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 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

Not only did I not like being the center of attention—that’s a job better suited for the twins—but I also felt bad for inflicting pain on Chencho, even though I had been suspicious of him.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall