powerlessness
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Going to prison meant many things: an immediate loss of freedom, bruising reputational damage and powerlessness over how it would affect my family.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
As I continued the trail, I started to think that maybe my endeavor was a reaction to my feeling of total powerlessness.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2026
"Everything should have led you to resign," she added, pointing to the government's "powerlessness".
From Barron's ● Jan. 23, 2026
That tension between omnipotence and powerlessness is captured in a word: adolescence.
From Salon ● Dec. 14, 2025
So was his sense of utter powerlessness to change the course of events in this failing war.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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