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  • present participle of hurt.

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Environmentalists say the wall will accelerate erosion elsewhere while starving the neighboring salt marsh of sediment, hurting wildlife.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 8, 2026

But many also stayed away, hurting from two wars in less than a year, inflation spiralling at around 80%, and the pain of January's anti-government protests.

From BBC • Jul. 7, 2026

But the fuel blockade is hurting business, strangled by power cuts of up to 30 hours at a time, and fuel prices of up to $8 a liter.

From Barron's • Jul. 3, 2026

Neither were most of them hurting for attention, which is probably why my brain connected those long-ago irritants with this present one.

From Salon • Jul. 3, 2026

When he’s sad like this, I get this horrible ache in my chest, and my face gets all hot around my eyes, and my head starts hurting.

From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle




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