crippling

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Tehran is seeking fast relief from crippling sanctions, as well as access to billions of dollars in frozen funds and an end to Israel’s war on Hezbollah, Tehran’s Lebanese ally.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

Yet instead of supporting this sector, U.S. sanctions are crippling it.

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2026

But Iran's newly elected reformist president, Hassan Rouhani, convinced him that their dire economic straits gave them no other choice but to do everything they could to lift crippling international sanctions.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

In his newly released memoir, Galaxy great Landon Donovan recounts his troubled relationship with his father and how he overcame crippling depression.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

He might have been ill, or he might have suffered a crippling blow, but the result was that he could not walk without leaning on two sticks, and he trembled constantly like an aspen leaf.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman