inflicted
Example Sentences
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But this is how discovery works: If you claim a broadcast inflicted extraordinary economic harm, the defendant gets to test that claim.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026
Aides have helped sell him on the strategy by showing him data on the damage that sanctions have already inflicted on the regime, The Wall Street Journal has reported.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
He says the modern digital world often leaves us inflicted by decision paralysis, external - the inability to choose because there are so many options.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
Six months later, he inflicted a humiliating defeat with a lightning counter-offensive in the northeastern Kharkiv region.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
We were about to leave court for the last time, and I started thinking about how much pain and suffering had been inflicted on Walter and his family, the entire community.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
