debilitating
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From an early age, Small suffered debilitating stage fright.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
Everyone who has the salmon suffers debilitating food poisoning, including the two pilots.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
Still, the disinflationary factors noted suggest “the inflationary fallout from the contemporary oil crisis may prove far less debilitating than widely feared.”
From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026
"It's embarrassing, it's debilitating, it's humiliating," she said.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
This shift, she noted, had profound consequences for the future of racial justice advocacy; in fact, it was debilitating to the movement.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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