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More importantly, that thinking ignores the trauma the investigations themselves inflict.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

“Regardless of the inaccuracy of the reporting, but mindful of the political reality it will inflict, we are taking time to reflect on the best path forward.”

From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2026

What new immigrants might inflict on this country is the perpetual worry of immigration restrictionists — and yet history keeps proving them wrong.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

Such crises inflict domestic economic harms with dramatic ramifications for consumers, companies and governments.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026

“Is there some reason you must needs inflict him upon us whilst we’re eating?”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

CME claims the CFTC’s approval inflicts “textbook competitive injury” as perpetual futures target its retail customer base.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026

There's also the very visible, and seemingly intractable, problem of homelessness, which inflicts misery on the thousands who suffer it and scars the streets of great cities like Los Angeles and San Francisco.

From Barron's ● May 5, 2026

More experienced managers than relative rookie Rosenior have struggled to survive the mayhem and unique pressures that life at Chelsea inflicts.

From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026

“The jury recognized the lifelong harm that childhood sexual abuse inflicts on its victims,” said attorney Natalie Weatherford.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2023

Is humanity worth the pain it inflicts upon itself?

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

The measure of his serious intent to change will be measured in how he spends it—in seeking a return to public power, or in reckoning with the harm he inflicted.

From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2026

Wales regrouped and inflicted some rare pressure as returning flanker Alex Mann dropped the ball over the Fiji line.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

Yet residents who have cautiously returned to Nabatieh have expressed dismay at the huge damage Israel inflicted on the city's neighbourhoods and its famed market, where the roofing had collapsed and shops were devastated.

From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026

How do the police arrest someone who hasn’t actually inflicted harm on anyone?

From Slate ● Jun. 15, 2026

Some of the messages were smart-aleck remarks and skull-and-bones by cousins who resented me for getting out of lessons inflicted on them because of me.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

The problem for Bolivia was not the heat that mother nature was inflicting on them - it was the heat they were getting from Scotland, who were patient, precise and clinical.

From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026

French lawmakers on Tuesday recognised the state's partial responsibility in allowing a toxic pesticide to be used in the French West Indies despite health warnings, inflicting long-term harm on the islands and their people.

From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026

That is a mental roadblock you’re inflicting on yourself.

From MarketWatch ● May 6, 2026

The conflict took a turn when the USS Samuel B. Roberts hit an $1,500 Iranian mine, inflicting $96 million in damage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026

“So the Lewis women have been inflicting that meatloaf on their families for four generations?”

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson