stricken

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Years later, Lou shook with tears and reached for his son’s hand in his own mother’s hospital room as she lay stricken with illness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

Madigan: I feel stricken by what’s happening with the Washington Post, stricken.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

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

From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026

A major incident has been declared over what police have called a sinkhole at a canal in Shropshire, leaving boats either stricken in a gaping cavity or teetering on the edge of a drop.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2025

Plaster rained from the ceiling, and all the excitement was stricken from Sarai’s face.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor