cripple
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Higher mortgage rates could cripple an already weak housing market.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
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
The U.S. launched a campaign called Operation Economic Outcast to cripple Iran’s economy by cutting off its remaining lifelines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 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
Bran was back at Winterfell, a cripple, yet safe.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
“We will engage in good-faith dialogue, but we will not accept any outcome that cripples UC’s core mission or undermines taxpayer investments.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2025
Shoaib Awan, from the group, says the crime is a nationwide "plague that cripples businesses - the loss of work, the loss of earnings".
From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2025
The main action begins with a bang, as an unidentified bit of debris cripples the space station during an experiment that seeks “a new state of matter.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2024
This legacy often cripples their ability to transition into adulthood as a functioning member of society.
From Slate ● Oct. 12, 2023
Mance Rayder’s host had broken against the Wall like a wave upon a stony shore, though the defenders were no more than a handful of old men, green boys, and cripples.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
The Daily Mail carries an exclusive on "fictitious" child maintenance charges that have left some parents "financially crippled".
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
In exchange for nuclear curbs, to be discussed in the next 60 days, Iran hopes to unlock frozen assets, and potentially end sanctions that have crippled its economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
The crisis at GKN Aerospace began May 21, when the Orange County Fire Authority responded to the crippled pressurized tank, which was heating up, according to a report issued by state officials.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026
US President Donald Trump told NBC News on Friday that Iran still retained roughly "21, 22 percent" of its missile stockpile despite repeated claims from US officials that Tehran's military capacity had been crippled.
From Barron's ● Jun. 6, 2026
Clicking his tongue and shaking his head, he said, “That is a nasty cut but the tendon hasn’t been hurt at all. I hate to see anything crippled like that. It’s pitiful.”
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
As is almost always the case with Porsche, I don’t recommend the full-boat Turbo, unless your insecurity is really crippling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
The scoping study said assembly members had given examples of constituents "who have experienced significant unexplained increases in service charges that were crippling in their effect".
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
By 2015, however, crippling anxiety and loss of control left him so overwhelmed that he carried a water bottle everywhere, terrified that he might choke on his own saliva.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Those reforms sparked a boom in real estate and construction, which would soar to become a quarter of China's economy before a crippling debt crisis struck in 2020.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
"But the crippling disease, she made that up?"
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
