inability
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When I told one doctor about my inability to focus, she suggested a peptide called Semax as well as oral oxytocin, neither of which is FDA-approved.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
He diagnosed France’s fiscal problem quite simply – an inability to grow the economy.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
The Times previously reported the prevalence of tee-time brokering, in which scores of local golfers shared frustrations over their inability to secure a tee time on public courses in L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
De Zerbi has many other issues to deal with, from Tottenham's poor home form to their inability to recover from conceding the first goal in games.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Also, he has a pathological inability to follow either of my two rules.
From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan
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Researchers also found partners expressed feelings of high stress, a diminished sense of personal growth and worth, difficulties or inabilities within their caregiving roles, and a general sense of feeling unsupported.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2025
But the rollout of aid has been slow, partly reflecting the Haitian government’s own inabilities to oversee and coordinate it, an echo of the problems following the 2010 quake.
From New York Times ● Aug. 16, 2021
Hewitt’s own inabilities aside, the actress can at least play the part.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2018
But these inabilities do not exceed the corporeal: physical growth is not a metaphor for emotional growth.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 31, 2018
Paltry debts harassed him; inabilities fretted his temperament and his pride; it irked him to have no better abode than this musty corner to which he could never invite an acquaintance.
From The Nether World by George Gissing
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