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Taken together, this presents a false dichotomy: AI will either end disease and suffering or inflict it in untold measure.

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026

Aware of the damage that Thomas could inflict on her young career, Hill was determined to do what she could to salvage an extraordinary legal opportunity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

Having also beaten the Belarusian to win this year's Australian Open title, Rybakina now has the opportunity to inflict further damage.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

“We’ve always been prey,” said Joshua Corman, a cybersecurity expert at the Institute for Security and Technology, noting that Tehran tends to favor attacks that signal to Washington it can inflict pain inside the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026

Why inflict the same rules on us in America?

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi

Jocelin’s certainty is absolute; so is the damage it inflicts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

There's also the very visible, and seemingly intractable, problem of homelessness, which inflicts misery on the thousands who suffer it and scars the streets of great cities like Los Angeles and San Francisco.

From Barron's ● May 5, 2026

More experienced managers than relative rookie Rosenior have struggled to survive the mayhem and unique pressures that life at Chelsea inflicts.

From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026

The focus here is squarely on her mother, another survivor who inflicts her own share of damage along the way.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026

Is humanity worth the pain it inflicts upon itself?

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

His comments, in his interview with me, followed by no fewer than two attempts to backtrack 24 hours later, amount to perhaps his biggest self inflicted tangle since he arrived in Downing Street in July.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Suvorova’s story is not just about the childhood trauma inflicted by her mail-order-bride mother, but it’s a redemption story about reuniting with her beloved maternal Babushka and biological father.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

I had heard so many stories of real-world harm inflicted on sick and elderly people.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

In the 1950s, New World screwworm infestations inflicted enormous losses on U.S. livestock producers.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026

According to the CIA, the bombing campaign was costing the United States nine dollars and sixty cents for every one dollar of damage inflicted on North Vietnam.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

The overstretched will slide into financial distress, inflicting losses on banks and on the private lenders that have proliferated.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026

In 2025, Hurricane Melissa struck Jamaica, inflicting damage worth $8.8 billion, or 41% of the island’s annual gross domestic product.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

The problem for Bolivia was not the heat that mother nature was inflicting on them - it was the heat they were getting from Scotland, who were patient, precise and clinical.

From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026

“The uncertainty the government’s actions have created is already inflicting a wide range of challenges and problems on Anthropic,” he said in the filing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

The injury to Booth’s leg had caused the tissue to swell up and create a seal that could not be broken without inflicting agony upon the patient and possibly worsening the injury.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson