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The play, a British import by Mark Rosenblatt set in the summer of 1983, focuses on a moment of crisis that Dahl has inflicted on himself.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

The audience has been steadily aging as well, feeling every ache that the decade between the show’s first season and the present has inflicted.

From Salon • Nov. 24, 2025

Flooding in Australia has inflicted "incredible" devastation on communities across northern Queensland, the state's premier has said, even though conditions are easing faster than predicted.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2025

But development has inflicted severe damage on salmon habitat, threatening their survival.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 27, 2023

I will say no more, but leave it with your prudence and discretion to mitigate the blow your kindness has inflicted on me.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866 by Various