stricken
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"There was some expectation that we'd get another guitar player and just get out there and tour, but we couldn't. We couldn't do that. We were just stunned and grief stricken."
From BBC • Mar. 17, 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
An animal charity is having to pay out about £400,000 on vet bills each year as call-outs to help stricken dogs increase "massively", staff say.
From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026
The stricken vessel was later found on a sandbank.
From Barron's • Jan. 2, 2026
Bull had mostly listened that first day as this stricken, energetic man paced the sitting room of his rectory speaking with a mellifluous basso profundo voice that demanded and received unwavering attention.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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