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With Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves sidelined the rest of the regular season, the ailing Lakers will be without their starting backcourt possibly into the playoffs.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

The German government and the country's chemical industry on Thursday presented a sweeping plan to help the ailing sector as it faces new headwinds from the Middle East war energy shock.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

He’s now CEO of SyberJet Aircraft, an ailing jet manufacturer, which he said he purchased with an investment group.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

MPs and peers have been presented with proposals to refurbish the ailing Palace of Westminster and will decide what to do, in votes that are yet to be scheduled.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

“Well, anyway,” I said, going back to what we had been discussing, “soup kitchen or not, they would not have refused an old ailing woman.”

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya