stricken

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"There was some expectation that we'd get another guitar player and just get out there and tour, but we couldn't. We couldn't do that. We were just stunned and grief stricken."

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

Representatives of nearly 40 organizations in cities across the country have reached out to him for advice on how similar programs might work in their stricken neighborhoods.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

The company also operates the stricken Fukushima Daiichi plant, now being decommissioned.

From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026

A clear timeline for recovering the other stricken boats has yet to emerge.

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2025

What had once been home was now a place of peril and the family was poverty stricken.

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin