crippled

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Appeared in the March 18, 2026, print edition as 'Gulf States Want to See Iran Crippled'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

Crippled by a huge net financial debt burden -- totalling some 25.5 billion euros last September -- TIM has seen stiff price competition steadily erode earnings in its key domestic market.

From Reuters • Jan. 25, 2023

Crippled as its economy has been by sanctions, Russia has managed to maintain relatively normal economic conditions, partly by sustaining grain and energy sales worth billions of dollars each month.

From Washington Post • Aug. 24, 2022

Crippled by sanctions and the sudden cutoff of development aid, Afghanistan’s economy is on the verge of collapse.

From New York Times • Aug. 8, 2022

Crippled muscles withered further, synapses wouldn't fire, wasted legs refused to ambulate.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer