laid low
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile, consumer and business confidence in China, already laid low by the implosion of a mega property bubble, is sinking further thanks to trade-war uncertainties.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025
He retired in 2005, while AIG was laid low during the 2008-2009 financial crisis due to losses in financial derivatives.
From Barron's • Dec. 13, 2025
He laid low with a friend for a while, but when the FBI left Ukraine, the local authorities seemed to lose interest in him.
From BBC • Nov. 10, 2025
And the expressive Garfield can convey water-eyed empathy so deftly that you know Tobias would be laid low if Almut so much as stubbed her toe on the leg of a coffee table.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2024
Nsia smiled upon me as I spake gently to those laid low, and as I took their hands.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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