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suffer

[suhf-er] / ˈsʌf ər /




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Three professors from Columbia Business School found that, within the same rating category, privately rated bonds were twice as likely to suffer credit losses as publicly rated bonds.

From MarketWatch Aug. 3, 2026

We cannot thrive without feeling like we are valued and part of a community—so much so that our mental and physical health suffer when that need isn’t met.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

His parents encouraged his musical education, and he’s performed enough in bands and local musical theater not to suffer from stage fright.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

But the American people will suffer greatly as a result of these illegal actions, in the form of additional premature deaths, asthma attacks, hospitalizations, and other serious health consequences.

From Slate Aug. 2, 2026

“El Dio allows us these moments of happiness to lift our spirits, even as we suffer through the sorrow of departure.”

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

Looming over the crackdown is the failing health of 80-year-old Ortega, who suffers from lupus and kidney failure.

From Barron's Jul. 21, 2026

Read on: CoreWeave’s stock suffers another long losing streak.

From MarketWatch Jul. 16, 2026

The changes actually improved on the structure of the novel, which suffers from occasional protracted streams of thought.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

For her part, Brady suffers with premenstrual dysphoric disorder and says she wishes medical professionals were more aware of how certain conditions impact autistic women.

From BBC Jul. 7, 2026

Porgyand Bess suffers from much the same problem as Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice or Wagner’s Parsifal, both of which arouse discussion of perceived anti-Semitism because they are both still performed today.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

However, that would be his only appearance of the tournament as he then suffered a broken arm in freak circumstances.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

The 17-year-old suffered a medical episode at about 02:15 BST and was pronounced dead at the scene.

From BBC Aug. 2, 2026

Jesse Jerger, a concrete worker in Fargo, fractured his elbow and suffered permanent nerve damage when he fell off a wall during a construction job in 2023.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

Two LNG tankers caught fire at Egypt’s Damietta port after one of them suffered a drone attack, for which no party has claimed responsibility.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 2026

Ever since the carriage accident Seward had suffered, Stanton had been a faithful visitor.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson

According to MMA's leading promotion, the Brazilian flyweight was found unresponsive on Monday morning after suffering an apparent heart attack in his sleep.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

A concertgoer died after suffering a reported brain injury at the Vans Warped Tour in Long Beach last weekend.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

"There is anxiety and fear," Amir said, complaining that the Iranian economy is suffering.

From Barron's Aug. 1, 2026

Many people were back at work in one way or another, and the government had managed to get the American people through the crisis without suffering economic ruin.

From Salon Aug. 1, 2026

Haitian doctors, who were used to seeing death, became even more hardened or indifferent to the suffering around them.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French




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