stricken

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As luck would have it, had Mercedes waited one more lap before his first stop, he would have caught the virtual safety car that was called for Carlos Sainz's stricken Williams.

From BBC • Jun. 28, 2026

Public alarm over the illness began to grow following reports that three passengers died aboard the stricken vessel, MV Hondius.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

Better equipped to mother Boy No. 2 or stricken with learned helplessness from being coddled by an expert on my phone day in and day out?

From Slate • May 10, 2026

Evacuations were taking place Wednesday from a cruise ship stricken with a deadly outbreak of hantavirus, the World Health Organization said, as experts confirmed a rare strain that can be transmitted between humans.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

So matters stood when there came into the stricken country a stranger, a man of great courage and great intelligence, whose name was Oedipus.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton