impotent
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In recent weeks, with Russian air defenses increasingly impotent, Ukraine has unleashed its drone campaign.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Treasury, said he fears that because regimes are successfully evading sanctions, people will increasingly view them as impotent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
The goalkeeper watched as it dropped in, as impotent in the moment as any of the visiting support.
From BBC ● May 10, 2026
“It made me angry, but I felt so impotent because, well, what do I do?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025
We’d have dozed off in front of the television set, angry and impotent, perhaps, but without setting fire to anything.
From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart
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