impaired
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Attorneys for Grossman and Erickson argued that, although the incident was tragic, there was no evidence that their clients were racing or impaired that would justify an award of hundreds of millions of dollars.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
"We recognise it was an accident, you know when young people play sometimes their sense of judgement is impaired either by excitement or by not understanding what is happening at that particular time."
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
Overall, the findings demonstrated that sleep loss impaired both brain function and behavior through a specific neural circuit.
From Science Daily • May 30, 2026
Total gross impaired loans and acceptances were C$6.94 billion, an increase from C$6.86 billion in the prior quarter, due to higher impaired loans in Canadian personal and commercial banking, mainly in residential mortgages.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
They continued to sit, gazing with impaired sight at the chief's seat and the glittering lagoon.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
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