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The court’s action imperils the CPSC’s ability to ban products that may maim or kill consumers, including children, giving corporations freer rein to flood the market with dangerous goods.

From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2025

Only the owner of a carrier or racing pigeon can injure, kill, maim, trap or detain their bird.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 21, 2023

“Changing digital images distract drivers, and distracted drivers cause accidents — accidents that kill, maim, injure,” said Barbara Broide, co-president of the Coalition for a Beautiful Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2023

They can kill or maim trees, leaving scarring that allows an entry point for other tree pests and diseases which can stunt their growth.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2022

Therefore it is not lawful for any other reason to maim a person.

From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Saint Thomas Aquinas

No matter what happens to them — no matter how the world paints them, vilifies them, maims them — they were here, and at least for a moment, they owned their own lives.

From New York Times ● Nov. 21, 2019

Agnieszka is a simple village girl who is gifted to her local wizard, The Dragon, as payment for thwarting the advance of the ominous Wood, which kills or maims any who enter it.

From The Guardian ● May 21, 2019

It’s a pervasive scourge that damages all of us, that directly maims the lives of women and leaves us all in chains.

From Salon ● May 16, 2016

Although it maims its victims, brucellosis seldom kills them.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Oh, defend us from death and horrible maims,** he is reported to have said, “for I see well we be in great peril of death.”

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

The supreme leader has remained largely out of the public eye and is believed to have been badly maimed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Maj Lipsky acknowledges the civilian suffering in Gaza and does not deny the imagery of dead and maimed women and children.

From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2024

But many other protesters — understandably aroused by videos of starving, maimed, or dying Gazan children — aren’t thinking that far ahead.

From Seattle Times ● May 6, 2024

As Angela meets with the maimed workers, they often tailor their testimonials to what they think will be most appealing to the corporation, their actual circumstance reduced to a pity-inducing performance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2024

Her maimed fingers clutched against his back with a desperate strength, as if to hold him safe forever in the shelter of her arms.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

Yes, SARS-2 is still spreading and maiming people today, but widespread immunity from past infections and vaccines has made the virus much less deadly.

From Salon ● May 11, 2026

Why, then, did Mullin so freely refuse to apologize to the Republican committee chairman for joking about his maiming?

From Slate ● Mar. 18, 2026

Navy has faced, maiming more ships than any other means of attack since World War II, according to a U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026

Polio ran riot in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, killing and maiming scores of children.

From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2024

“Most people are going to have a hard enough time accepting that we’re not monsters, without reports about us maiming innocent people,” Clancy said.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken