Example Sentences

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Mr. Garg said both the safety concerns the airlines have flagged and the way in which the current regulations have disadvantaged them are serious dilemmas.

From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2023

"We have a common interest in incentivizing China to refrain from economic practices that have disadvantaged us all," Yellen said in a speech to the Brussels Economic Forum.

From Reuters • May 17, 2022

“We have a common interest in incentivizing China to refrain from economic practices that have disadvantaged all of us,” Yellen said in a speech to the Brussels Economic Forum.

From Seattle Times • May 17, 2022

Once they had stopped my team-mate Nico Rosberg, they had to stop me because otherwise it would have disadvantaged him.

From BBC • Nov. 12, 2015

The smaller size of her muscle, which would severely have disadvantaged her when war was conducted with a battle-axe or sword and hand to hand, would now little or at all affect her.

From Woman and Labour by Schreiner, Olive