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stricken

[strik-uhn] / ˈstrɪk ən /
ADJECTIVE
hurt
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ADJECTIVE
removed
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"These people do a fantastic job, volunteers in the community and putting their life at risk to go and save another vessel that was stricken and in danger."

From BBC • May 4, 2026

Years later, Lou shook with tears and reached for his son’s hand in his own mother’s hospital room as she lay stricken with illness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

Madigan: I feel stricken by what’s happening with the Washington Post, stricken.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

The company also operates the stricken Fukushima Daiichi plant, now being decommissioned.

From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026

But the king sat upon Snowmane, motionless, gazing upon the agony of Minas Tirith, as if stricken suddenly by anguish, or by dread.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien




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