cripple

President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of trying to "cripple the economy and destroy people's lives" with intensifying strikes on civilian infrastructure, including the railways.

From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026

Meanwhile, Ukrainian efforts to cripple Russia’s war effort have disrupted crude oil shipments in the Black Sea and fuel production at Russian refineries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 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

He feared that the Retrenchment Committee would cripple the fair for once and for all.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

But taxi driver Wayne Parsons, who travels 200 miles a day, said even the cheaper prices remained too high and "it cripples you".

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

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

So even in the most extreme drought, when we look back 100 years, there's nothing that cripples hydro in a serious way.

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2022

I will take your old men, your wounded, and your cripples, even those who can no longer fight.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

He is crippled by doubt, convinced that others are gaining on him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

The prosecutor, himself the target of sanctions, said they crippled daily life -- he was unable to book transport, hotels, or conduct banking operations.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

“Their emails start out, ‘You’re my last hope of not being a crippled, miserable, dead person,’ ” he said.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

The Daily Mail carries an exclusive on "fictitious" child maintenance charges that have left some parents "financially crippled".

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026

I let my eyes travel from Daisy’s face down to that old crippled leg.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

He is expected to say that faster connections to the electricity grid could help fix a "cost crisis" in energy that has proved "crippling for businesses".

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Newsom is also considering a closely watched package that would shield utilities from potentially crippling wildfire liability.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

The chief executives of heavy industries have denounced the policies, citing crippling energy and carbon costs as some of the reasons they have shut down factories.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

But his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party made little headway improving the country's finances, with galloping inflation, crippling debt and a feeble rupee undermining economic reform.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

Mariam was dumbfounded that she could miss in such a crippling manner a being she had never even seen.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini