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suffered

  • past participle
    of suffer.
    suffer
    verb (used without object)
    to undergo or feel pain or distress.
  • past tense form
    of suffer.
    suffer
    verb (used without object)
    to undergo or feel pain or distress.

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The restrictions were eventually lifted but, she said, it took 10 months of conversations with Instagram's parent company Meta - by which time her business had suffered a significant financial hit.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

On Friday, the index sank 2.1% to close at a one-month low, and suffered its biggest weekly loss in four months.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

He was taken to a hospital and remained under close medical care until April 21, 2025, when he suffered a heart attack and died at St. Mary Medical Center in Long Beach.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Then he headed back to barracks, where he sat with the surviving troops and pretended he had suffered a concussion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

We know she walked through a dangerous jungle with a secret map strapped to her back, even as she suffered the debilitating effects of Hansen’s disease.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly