stricken
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The heroic pilot who safely ditched a stricken airliner in a New York City river in 2009 has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Videos posted to social media appeared to show a plume of smoke rising from the stricken transformer.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
Better equipped to mother Boy No. 2 or stricken with learned helplessness from being coddled by an expert on my phone day in and day out?
From Slate ● May 10, 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
Herbert’s representations that, if I did, I should probably be laid up and stricken useless, when our fugitive’s safety would depend upon me, alone restrained my impatience.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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