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  • present participle of hurt.

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Rigid operational dictates cause infrastructure investment to plummet, ultimately degrading track quality and severely hurting long-term economic productivity.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Experts have been warning that dismantling global public health initiatives will end up hurting Americans, too, in the end.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

Still, GSK is gaining access to Nuvalent’s three lung-cancer drugs in a single transaction, boosting sales and core earnings from next year without hurting its dividend, Scholar says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

"They are not particularly dangerous, you're not at risk of hurting yourself or anyone else. My convulsions are very rare, I have maybe three or four a year, they don't massively impact my life."

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Which is really just code for: Let me know if your knee is hurting.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day




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