handicap

"Our handicap is less supporters for the situation, but the club decided it. It is something to improve us for the future," said the Spaniard.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

Pride often refers to his deafness as a “hearing difference” rather than an impairment or handicap.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

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

She compensated for this handicap by developing a memory on which was indelibly stamped everything she had ever heard or seen or experienced.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry

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

Anne Thompson handicaps the race so far thus: Noting that several countries still haven’t chosen their submissions, “Cannes prizewinners have an increased profile with the international committee, including Norway’s ‘Sentimental Value’ and Brazil’s ‘Secret Agent.’

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 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

But they are, from the sick and handicapped at Lourdes to the tens of thousands who lined the streets of Paris to glimpse the bishop of Rome.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Despite a fine run when second to Panic Attack in the Coral Gold Cup in November, he simply doesn't look well enough handicapped to win.

From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2026

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

Cognitive fluency and watery judicial eyes aside, Arriaga and I are still handicapped without a PC.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2024

Dad was waiting for us, wearing a tan suit, standing in a handicapped parking spot typing away on his handheld.

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green

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

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

We, at our worst, had a certain limit, a certain stage where we exclaimed: "No, this is playing it too low down," because we had scruples that acted like handicapping weights.

From The Inheritors by Joseph Conrad