handicap
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Pride often refers to his deafness as a “hearing difference” rather than an impairment or handicap.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
They’ve raised concerns about a sunshade placed over the dock, a wooden walkway to connect the restaurant to handicap parking spots, and a wedding that was held on site.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
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
I didn’t know why he had chosen me, why it was only to me that he could show the most humbling sides of his handicap.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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
From then on we bandaged handicaps to pass them off as wounds.
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
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
Those failures handicapped heroic efforts from fire crews on day one.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
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
My dress drags on the wet and dirty floor of the handicapped stall.
From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez
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
You can hit another button and get minimal handicapping information that, essentially, is worthless to someone who really wants to play horse racing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2025
I did more, I brought upon myself through the local newspapers the handicapping title of "infant prodigy."
From The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man by James Weldon Johnson
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