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Aware of the damage that Thomas could inflict on her young career, Hill was determined to do what she could to salvage an extraordinary legal opportunity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

Last week the CTU sued the conservative Illinois Policy Institute, the think tank’s Chicago Policy Center executive director Austin Berg, and the Liberty Justice Center, alleging a “smear campaign designed to inflict maximum reputational harm.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

"The fact that Levy was able to inflict such devastating harm after being freed by police and the courts is deeply concerning."

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

That isn’t to say that a 22% haircut wouldn’t inflict serious financial hardship on millions of retirees.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026

Nothing between Kendra and whatever horrors Muriel and her imps wished to inflict.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

The blame for any harm the technology inflicts should lay with its creators.

From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026

Jocelin’s certainty is absolute; so is the damage it inflicts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

The focus here is squarely on her mother, another survivor who inflicts her own share of damage along the way.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026

Sensitively, the film portrays the devastation Alzheimer's disease inflicts on a patient's loved ones.

From Barron's ● Feb. 21, 2026

Is humanity worth the pain it inflicts upon itself?

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

In the 1950s, New World screwworm infestations inflicted enormous losses on U.S. livestock producers.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026

Plaid Cymru claimed victory in celebratory scenes on the steps of the Senedd in May, after it inflicted a heavy and historic defeat on Welsh Labour.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

But this is how discovery works: If you claim a broadcast inflicted extraordinary economic harm, the defendant gets to test that claim.

From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026

Near the base of a column atop which Saint Simeon Stylites once perched, scattered stones lay bare the damage inflicted on the surrounding Byzantine monastery in northern Syria by war, looting and rampant illegal excavations.

From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026

"Every letter written,” said a medieval abbot, "is a wound inflicted on the devil.”

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

The overstretched will slide into financial distress, inflicting losses on banks and on the private lenders that have proliferated.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026

Sir Keir said there was "real unity" among G7 leaders on Ukraine, which he said was regaining territory and inflicting huge losses on occupying Russian forces.

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026

In his novel “Sacred Hunger,” Barry Unsworth wrote: “Nothing a man suffers will prevent him from inflicting suffering on others. Indeed, it will teach him the way.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

Last week Takaichi said that the global oil supply squeeze was inflicting an "enormous impact" on the Asia-Pacific region.

From Barron's ● May 12, 2026

The injury to Booth’s leg had caused the tissue to swell up and create a seal that could not be broken without inflicting agony upon the patient and possibly worsening the injury.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson