impair
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Nationwide, Class 8 trucks’ fuel economy averages just 6.85 miles a gallon — so even small increases in diesel prices can impair operator profitability, especially for rural operators typically traversing longer distances.
From MarketWatch
Nationwide, Class 8 trucks’ fuel economy averages just 6.85 miles a gallon — so even small increases in diesel prices can impair operator profitability, especially for rural operators typically traversing longer distances.
From MarketWatch
If an insurer becomes financially impaired, state regulators take control and either rehabilitate the company or transfer its annuity obligations to a financially stronger insurer.
He hopes that a cure can be found so that his daughter, who is registered as visually impaired, can drive a car when she's older.
From BBC
Measures of heart function, including contraction strength and beating rhythm, were impaired by the cytokines but improved once the signaling was blocked.
From Science Daily
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