stricken

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Her three children were born at Glenn Medical, and Wampler herself was a patient there for two months last year, when she was stricken with pneumonia and internal bleeding.

From Los Angeles Times

The Sheffield Wednesday Supporters' Trust has a fund to help financially stricken staff who can anonymously apply for a £500 grant, with the first few doing so last week.

From BBC

Josh Tongue had a scattergun game with the ball and found himself as the last line of defence before the stricken Chris Woakes.

From BBC

There is also the prospect of the stricken Woakes coming out to bat with the Test and series on the line.

From BBC

Four years after a stricken cargo ship caused the largest plastic spill ever recorded, volunteers on Sri Lanka's beaches are still sifting kilograms of tiny, toxic plastic pellets from the sand.

From BBC