Example Sentences
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She added that VAT on businesses like hers "cripples creativity".
From BBC • May 13, 2026
No sooner has this block of exposition concluded than a cyberattack cripples every system in the U.S.A., including all the ones that had been thought invulnerable.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2025
This legacy often cripples their ability to transition into adulthood as a functioning member of society.
From Slate • Oct. 12, 2023
So even in the most extreme drought, when we look back 100 years, there's nothing that cripples hydro in a serious way.
From Salon • Oct. 21, 2022
I will take your old men, your wounded, and your cripples, even those who can no longer fight.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
