stricken

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Maduro was at his side the rest of the way: serving in congress, then as foreign minister and vice president before Chávez, stricken with cancer, anointed him successor in 2013.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025

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

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2025

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

Her three children were born at Glenn Medical, and Wampler herself was a patient there for two months last year, when she was stricken with pneumonia and internal bleeding.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2025

I ask her, pleased by her stricken look.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black