handicapped
Example Sentences
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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
Jagwar looks a very fairly handicapped horse, but opinion seems completely split on him.
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
Some clearly display handicapped plaques as they go to the store.
From Salon ● Apr. 1, 2025
Senate and other offices—it was certainly handicapped, at least in the short term, by Kennedy’s brazen dissemination of inside information.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
