helpless

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Appeared in the April 28, 2026, print edition as 'Base Turmoil Leaves Exiled Islanders Helpless'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

Helpless as he hung upside down, McDonald and his fate were now in the hands of others.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2023

Helpless in the face of these environmental calamities, many of us are probably feeling a measure of “solastalgia.”

From New York Times • Sep. 15, 2022

"Helpless citizens have arrived at the era of bartering - potatoes are exchanged for cotton swabs," one Weibo user said, while another described it as a "return to primitive society".

From BBC • Jan. 3, 2022

Helpless in her pain, she was capable still of laying the foundation for bitterness and capability.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith