Example Sentences

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Investors are raising cash to buy shares in SpaceX and it’s hurting other stocks — for now, according to Fundstrat.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

Experts have been warning that dismantling global public health initiatives will end up hurting Americans, too, in the end.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

“By participating in the activity, you’re hurting the future of the activity.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Steep memory price hikes are hurting sales of all kinds of consumer electronics, nowhere more so than in PCs.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

My chest is now hurting more than my knees.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh