crippling

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Samsung also benefited from an 11th-hour labor-dispute resolution that averted a crippling 18-day strike.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

A party spokesman said: "Sky-high business rates and parking charges imposed by local authorities that don't understand business is crippling the great British High Street."

From BBC • May 2, 2026

But this district — with seven elementary and two middle schools — is enduring a crippling strike, affecting about 3,400 students drawn from Santa Fe Springs and parts of Norwalk and Downey.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

Failure to do so would "open the door for crippling liability and undermine the interest of farmers who depend on federally registered pesticides for their livelihood," he said.

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

Possibly my crippling clumsiness was seen as endearing rather than pathetic, casting me as a damsel in distress.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer