crippling
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Their crippling codependence is alienating, as if there really were only one of them.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
Boucher said she had had to take out personal loans to cover the costs, which had been "crippling".
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
The sickness spread to Detroit before reaching Buffalo and Rochester in upstate New York, crippling local economies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
Fabares spent her final years taking care of her mother and advocating for more funding for research into the crippling disease.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
"But the crippling disease, she made that up?"
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
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