handicap
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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
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
I had been planning on choosing brazier, knowing that the quantity of heat would help offset my self-imposed handicap.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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
From then on we bandaged handicaps to pass them off as wounds.
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
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
Cognitive fluency and watery judicial eyes aside, Arriaga and I are still handicapped without a PC.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2024
He won because his season-long performances gave him a handicapped head start.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2024
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
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
"The rules of golf and handicapping rely on the integrity of players," Moir added.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2025
But Gramm, who is also a horse owner, is addicted to the data and the handicapping game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2025
Through the handicapping influences of poverty, social neglect, physical defects, or educational maladjustments, many potential leaders in science, art, government, and industry are denied the opportunity of a normal development.
From The Measurement of Intelligence An Explanation of and a Complete Guide for the Use of the Stanford Revision and Extension of the Binet-Simon Intelligence Scale by Ellwood Patterson Cubberley
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