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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

Abrupt, unwelcome occurrences scar our autonomy and cripple our illusion of independence; the question of what went wrong falls on our shoulders, another loop to languish inside.

From Salon ● May 30, 2026

Its report said hunger-caused intellectual disabilities among the young were likely to cripple economic growth even if the country opened to the outside world or united with the South.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden

She added that VAT on businesses like hers "cripples creativity".

From BBC ● May 13, 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

Whether any of the nephews shared Yezzan’s fondness for cripples, freaks, and grotesques was far less certain.

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

Mainland investors have been seeking to diversify their holdings in recent years as a debt crisis has crippled the Chinese property sector, long viewed as a safe bet to park assets, analysts told AFP.

From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026

The Scots, crippled by a deadly combo of profligacy and self destruction, needed snookers.

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026

In downtown L.A., vandalism, shuttered storefronts and post-COVID abandonment have crippled what was a vibrant, revenue-generating economy that benefited the whole city.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 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

Poor in natural resources, its trade crippled by high tariffs and low demand, Japan was struggling to support a growing population.

From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand

Reforms under Zhu 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

Her crippling impostor syndrome was a feature, not a bug — we were stuck there with her for at least two seasons.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

For Sarah Bodger the cost of travelling to work is "crippling".

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

When a beefy bad guy who was about to squish a normal-sized good guy received a crippling blow to the scrotum, I laughed.

From Slate ● Jun. 11, 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