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 with grief, Tony and Katherine have created a "memory wall" to Ben in their front room.
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2024
Crippled by soaring gas and electricity costs, last week the plant sent home 400 of its 2,278 workers on reduced pay until better times.
From Reuters • Sep. 22, 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
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