Example Sentences

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It is crippling industry and hobbling Europe’s ability to attract key economic drivers like artificial intelligence, which requires cheap and abundant electricity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2025

What has happened repeatedly, however, is crippling attrition with the starters.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2023

"The Welsh government must put a better offer on the table to help resolve the recruitment and retention crisis that is crippling the service."

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2022

"We have imposed the most severe sanctions ever on Russia and it is crippling their war machine," said Andrew Griffith, a junior government minister in the Treasury in a statement.

From Reuters • Nov. 10, 2022

‘The worry is crippling us. Please. Call the police. Thank you.’

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd