crippling
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Token prices have risen about 60% since the end of February, driven by more users turning to agentic AI to independently carry out tasks and a crippling shortage of memory and storage.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 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
A crippling blow isn’t guaranteed against a regime armed with buffers and a long history of defying economic squeezes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
I expressed my delight to be back among them, but I then scolded the people for some of the crippling problems of urban black life.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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