stricken

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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

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

From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026

Maduro was at his side the rest of the way: serving in congress, then as foreign minister and vice president before Chávez, stricken with cancer, anointed him successor in 2013.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025

A major incident has been declared over what police have called a sinkhole at a canal in Shropshire, leaving boats either stricken in a gaping cavity or teetering on the edge of a drop.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2025

And in his arms before him on his horse he bore the body of his kinsman, Faramir son of Denethor, found upon the stricken field.

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