cripple

Higher mortgage rates could cripple an already weak housing market.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026

President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of trying to "cripple the economy and destroy people's lives" with intensifying strikes on civilian infrastructure, including the railways.

From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026

Meanwhile, Ukrainian efforts to cripple Russia’s war effort have disrupted crude oil shipments in the Black Sea and fuel production at Russian refineries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

A business fears proposals to charge Cardiff employers thousands of pounds for staff parking could "cripple" employers in the city.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

The division’s first fifteen years were consistently, amazingly profitable—there wasn’t the first hint that it might be running risks that would cause it to lose money, much less cripple its giant parent.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

But it also cripples his sanity since the fire creates more vengeful spirits that only he can see.

From Salon ● Dec. 8, 2025

Shoaib Awan, from the group, says the crime is a nationwide "plague that cripples businesses - the loss of work, the loss of earnings".

From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2025

This legacy often cripples their ability to transition into adulthood as a functioning member of society.

From Slate ● Oct. 12, 2023

Then there are the more than half-million patients like Santos, who has a malignancy of the blood or lymph nodes that cripples a vital line of defense against infection.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 2, 2022

I will take your old men, your wounded, and your cripples, even those who can no longer fight.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

“Their emails start out, ‘You’re my last hope of not being a crippled, miserable, dead person,’ ” he said.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

“We were promised Black jobs, Black dollars and an economic boost to Crenshaw, but businesses have been crippled one by one,” Shorter said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

The Scots, crippled by a deadly combo of profligacy and self destruction, needed snookers.

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026

Iranian officials said the 60-day talks would aim at lifting sanctions that have crippled Tehran’s economy by blocking purchases of its oil and barring most international banks from doing business with the country.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

“Show me the runway!” the pilot cried out, hoping desperately that he was close enough to Kennedy to somehow glide his crippled plane to a safe landing.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

Boucher said she had had to take out personal loans to cover the costs, which had been "crippling".

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

The sickness spread to Detroit before reaching Buffalo and Rochester in upstate New York, crippling local economies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

Newsom is also considering a closely watched package that would shield utilities from potentially crippling wildfire liability.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

But his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party made little headway improving the country's finances, with galloping inflation, crippling debt and a feeble rupee undermining economic reform.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

Normally, playing without a queen is crippling, almost tantamount to an automatic loss.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady