handicap
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Pride often refers to his deafness as a “hearing difference” rather than an impairment or handicap.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
Shah admits that Uncle Sam could contribute to volatility, as markets try to handicap these potential worries.
From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026
His golf handicap just went up in my book.
From MarketWatch ● May 27, 2026
The mistake starry-eyed investors make at times like this is betting on every horse, or in thinking that they can handicap AI thoroughbreds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026
His skills negated the handicap; he once won on a horse carrying fifteen pounds more than his impost.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
As far as handicaps go, if you are sweeping your putts, you’re only hurting yourself and no one else…keep it enjoyable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
It also created a ranking system, Spindex, with the hopes of making it a ratings scale similar to golf handicaps.
From Barron's ● Mar. 31, 2026
But he couldn’t go much higher with the handicaps he faced at home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2026
With Rory McIlroy's Masters success - and career Grand Slam - expected to inspire a surge in participation, golf bosses are warning humble hackers to avoid cheating on their handicaps.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2025
Finally a speaker came forward and spoke of Chicago’s South Side, its Negro population, their sufferings, and handicaps, linking all that, also, to the world struggle.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
That has handicapped Europe’s ability to compete with the U.S. and China.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
Jagwar looks a very fairly handicapped horse, but opinion seems completely split on him.
From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2026
It has long been handicapped by a rule requiring full consensus among members, meaning decisions are few and far between.
From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026
Some clearly display handicapped plaques as they go to the store.
From Salon ● Apr. 1, 2025
Ulbrickson summoned up a deeper level of despair, calling the Bears the clear favorites before lamenting, “We have been handicapped this year by inclement weather.”
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
Historical Horse Racing, allowing people to bet on past races with little handicapping information, has greatly increased purses in Kentucky and other states, where it is legal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2026
Three smart financial thinkers recently did some handicapping for us.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026
The new Siri is proving to be difficult because Apple came into the AI race by handicapping itself.
From Barron's ● Dec. 5, 2025
"The rules of golf and handicapping rely on the integrity of players," Moir added.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2025
While there were many fine gunners in the naval force, there were not a sufficient number of them to enable the quick arming of merchantmen without handicapping the war-ships.
From Our Navy in the War by Lawrence Perry
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