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"The fact that Levy was able to inflict such devastating harm after being freed by police and the courts is deeply concerning."

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

Intervention is more likely if the Houthis inflict significant infrastructure damage or commit a mass-casualty attack, but Riyadh’s precise trigger for escalation is unclear.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

More importantly, that thinking ignores the trauma the investigations themselves inflict.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

“Regardless of the inaccuracy of the reporting, but mindful of the political reality it will inflict, we are taking time to reflect on the best path forward.”

From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2026

“I doubt if she would have had the strength to inflict that particular left-handed blow,” said Dr. Constantine dubiously.

From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie

What inflicts the damage is not so much plausibility in the abstract as repetition inside intimacy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026

Sensitively, the film portrays the devastation Alzheimer's disease inflicts on a patient's loved ones.

From Barron's ● Feb. 21, 2026

The pain Deborah inflicts on Ava is at once very personal and notoriously endemic to the entertainment business, a Darwinian factory that demands round-the-clock creative labor.

From Salon ● May 9, 2025

The pain that Beckett inflicts on both women registers silently on his handsome craggy face.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2024

Is humanity worth the pain it inflicts upon itself?

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

"His health is now in crisis, and every day he remains detained is another day of unconscionable injustice inflicted not just on him, but on four young children who are growing up without their father."

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 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

The measure of his serious intent to change will be measured in how he spends it—in seeking a return to public power, or in reckoning with the harm he inflicted.

From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2026

The suit also alleges that the CFTC’s approval of perpetual futures has inflicted “textbook competitive injury” on CME, since those products compete with traditional futures and derivatives like those offered by the exchange operator.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026

But this, too, entailed military weakness, and since the privations it inflicted were obviously unnecessary, it made opposition inevitable.

From "1984" by George Orwell

His mother, Lisa Petrie, has called for tougher bail restrictions for those accused of inflicting serious injuries with knives.

From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026

That is a mental roadblock you’re inflicting on yourself.

From MarketWatch ● May 6, 2026

"The effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz has been inflicting enormous impact on the Indo-Pacific," the Japanese leader told journalists.

From Barron's ● May 4, 2026

The conflict in Iran is inflicting a new toll on U.S. commercial construction, raising costs and risking project delays.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026

I have friends who wouldn’t think of allowing their children to attend a funeral for fear of inflicting traumatic scars.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez