hurt
Example Sentences
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While a divestiture could hurt earnings initially, it would allow management to focus on its faster-growing businesses, which could drive up Yum’s stock valuation.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
The trial previously heard that in 2020, he wrote to Complainant A expressing "regret" for the "hurt, pain and distress" he had caused her.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
But economists at City Hall have argued that the push to expand it would hurt the local economy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Or he proposed combating them not so much for the benefit of the people most hurt by them as for people who didn’t want to live near them any longer.
From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026
“You’re just trying to hurt my feelings. And Alyx’s. Look how upset she is.”
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
