crippled

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Stocks slumped as the conflict in the Middle East crippled travel through some of the world’s most crowded transit arteries.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

The failed campaigns left his father in financial and emotional turmoil that crippled his marriage when Newsom was a small boy.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2026

However, its economy has been crippled by years of mismanagement of the public finances, a fall in oil sales and biting international sanctions.

From BBC • Jan. 13, 2026

During the avian influenza outbreak last year, Cal-Maine’s biosecurity investment helped it avoid the severe flock losses that crippled many competitors.

From Barron's • Jan. 6, 2026

And here was Old Yeller, weak and crippled, trying to fight a mad one!

From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson