cripple
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Brad Cooper prepared an option for 10 to 14 days of intensive airstrikes designed to cripple Iran’s missile capability.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 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
A steep drop in the first few years of retirement, while you’re pulling money out to live on, can permanently cripple a portfolio even after the market recovers.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026
Abrupt, unwelcome occurrences scar our autonomy and cripple our illusion of independence; the question of what went wrong falls on our shoulders, another loop to languish inside.
From Salon ● May 30, 2026
The main building, which stood in a cluster of pines on high ground, seemed to lean heavily to one side, like a cripple, the roof sagging toward Canada.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
She added that VAT on businesses like hers "cripples creativity".
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
But it also cripples his sanity since the fire creates more vengeful spirits that only he can see.
From Salon ● Dec. 8, 2025
No sooner has this block of exposition concluded than a cyberattack cripples every system in the U.S.A., including all the ones that had been thought invulnerable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2025
This legacy often cripples their ability to transition into adulthood as a functioning member of society.
From Slate ● Oct. 12, 2023
Stanton said that she was pleased that she didn’t know Phillips’s opinion before she made her remarks because “the desire to please those we admire and respect often cripples conscience.”
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
Mainland investors have been seeking to diversify their holdings in recent years as a debt crisis has crippled the Chinese property sector, long viewed as a safe bet to park assets, analysts told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
In downtown L.A., vandalism, shuttered storefronts and post-COVID abandonment have crippled what was a vibrant, revenue-generating economy that benefited the whole city.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2026
It crippled education as thousands of teachers left their roles, and students like Ma Naw Phaw refused to enrol in junta-controlled schools.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
The crisis at GKN Aerospace began May 21, when the Orange County Fire Authority responded to the crippled pressurized tank, which was heating up, according to a report issued by state officials.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026
I must lay down my pencil, my engine of truth, and bathe my crippled hands in some warm water.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
But his PTI party made little headway improving Pakistan's finances, with galloping inflation, crippling debt and a feeble rupee undermining economic reform.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
Her crippling impostor syndrome was a feature, not a bug — we were stuck there with her for at least two seasons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
"It's crippling them - I think it will force them out," she said.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
“What level of desperation,” Mr. Coppola asks, “forces you to believe that crippling yourself for a few thousand dollars is the only option you have?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
She winds slowly and with difficulty because of her gradually crippling hands, but with determination.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
