stricken

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"There was some expectation that we'd get another guitar player and just get out there and tour, but we couldn't. We couldn't do that. We were just stunned and grief stricken."

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

Representatives of nearly 40 organizations in cities across the country have reached out to him for advice on how similar programs might work in their stricken neighborhoods.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

Filipino sailor George Miranda was racing to help a stricken vessel aboard the tugboat Mussafah 2 when he last spoke to his wife and young daughter.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 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

The two children turned and ran, leaving their stricken brother, and Lyra, frightened and guilty, withdrew inside the room again and shut the window.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman