crippling

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Anyone with dementia, Parkinson’s or another progressive disease will face crippling costs just to get through each day.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

Iran has lashed out at Gulf nations, long seen as a relative safe haven in a volatile region, hammering the tourism industry and crippling global air travel as their major hubs come under attack.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

From 2022 to early 2024, Johannesburg, South Africa's economic hub, suffered crippling electricity shortages, which were managed via a process known as load shedding.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

It would mean 60,000+ district workers — teachers, counselors, nurses, bus drivers, janitors and cafeteria workers — would walk out, crippling school operations.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

Overcoming his own crippling exhaustion, he plunged into the maw of the hurricane and searched the Col for nearly an hour.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer