stricken
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Better equipped to mother Boy No. 2 or stricken with learned helplessness from being coddled by an expert on my phone day in and day out?
From Slate • May 10, 2026
"These people do a fantastic job, volunteers in the community and putting their life at risk to go and save another vessel that was stricken and in danger."
From BBC • May 4, 2026
Filipino sailor George Miranda was racing to help a stricken vessel aboard the tugboat Mussafah 2 when he last spoke to his wife and young daughter.
From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026
Years later, Lou shook with tears and reached for his son’s hand in his own mother’s hospital room as she lay stricken with illness.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026
Linda and Mark stood there, stricken, and Joaquin felt himself smash against the ground, shattering wide open.
From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway
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