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Both brothers died of Hungtington’s disease, a genetic disorder that began to severely debilitate them during their 30s.

From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2025

But new evidence suggests a bone disease that can debilitate modern cats and dogs, and even some of their humans, may have also played a role.

From New York Times ● Jul. 12, 2023

Instead of letting it debilitate me, I turned it around and just started getting into the prose of “A Raisin in the Sun.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2022

“Symptoms such as persistent fatigue, breathlessness, brain fog and depression could debilitate many millions of people globally.”

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 27, 2021

He needed to be better about that, about letting the nightmares debilitate him.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

Ultimately, the goal is to identify potential genetic targets to treat or even cure the chronic metabolic disease that affects and sometimes debilitates more than 400 million adults worldwide, according to the International Diabetes Federation.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 19, 2024

The more the gestation progresses, the more her mind debilitates.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2023

For this Global Reach Challenge, Sir Ranulph will have to overcome vertigo and Cheyne-Stokes, a condition which debilitates his breathing above 16,000 feet.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2016

It debilitates me to think that my actions have caused her emotional and physical stress that is completely unwarranted and unfair.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 7, 2016

Now, the premature development of these fibrous radicles, or roots, debilitates the tuber; in short, we have a sick potato.

From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George

It has effectively debilitated us from being able to enforce it in most contexts we’ve used it in in the past.

From Slate ● Apr. 30, 2026

On the other hand, a greatly debilitated Cuban government has few cards to play.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2026

Too much of it, alas, is spent recalling now dead or sadly debilitated family and friends.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026

In the meantime, she was becoming more debilitated.

From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2025

Was I really so debilitated that I had stared into the face of a near stranger and mistaken him for a friend with whom I’d spent the previous six weeks?

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

“Patients were tired of being told that their debilitating psychological problems . . . were caused by childhood traumas or bad parenting.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

They suffer unexpected and debilitating health events, often through no fault of their own, and end up under a mountain of medical bills — health-related issues are still the No. 1 cause of bankruptcy.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026

Several states, primarily in the Midwest and on the East Coast, have reported thousands of cases of cyclosporiasis, a parasitic disease that can cause an extended bout of debilitating diarrhea.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

It can cause severe and debilitating symptoms such as pelvic pain, heavy periods, fatigue and infertility.

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026

More debilitating mathematically than ineffective or insufficient education are psychological factors.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos