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That left the agency powerless to stop states from filling in the vacuum with their own legislation.
California’s net neutrality law is broadband companies’ worst nightmare|Nicolás Rivero|February 25, 2021|Quartz
In its wake, I let dozens of texts go unanswered, powerless to send a “Hey, catch up later,” but too drained to have a conversation.
I Ditched Texting and Picked Up the Phone|Abigail Barronian|February 22, 2021|Outside Online
Living in your powerless homeNow it’s time to think about what life will look like in your survival space.
The safest ways to stay warm during a power outage|John Kennedy|February 18, 2021|Popular-Science
They had to rely on Salsman to be their advocate, to represent them at a time they felt powerless, and instead they were preyed upon.
A district attorney sexually assaulted abuse victims on his office desk, authorities said. Then he allegedly pressured them to lie about it.|Katie Shepherd|February 5, 2021|Washington Post

My silence, I realized, was due in part to my sense that I was powerless.
The Toxicity of Restaurant Kitchens Is Exactly Why I Never Reported Abuses|Lindsey Danis|February 4, 2021|Eater
He had been scared and powerless to protect himself, and Moscow had been silent.
How the Fall of the Berlin Wall Radicalized Putin|Masha Gessen|November 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
While quarantined, she was seemingly powerless to challenge her banishment to a tent in Newark.
Are Mandatory Ebola Quarantines Legal?|Tim Mak|October 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Unable to make it to a hospital, or too afraid, parents are dying at home alongside kids who are powerless to save them.
Liberia’s Ebola Orphans|Abby Haglage|October 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But the malpractice system is not robust in China, and patients feel powerless.
Will US Health Care Follow in China’s Bloody Footsteps?|Daniela Drake|September 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Hanifa and her father and mother and brother spent 10 days on the mountain, fearing for the girls, but powerless to help them.
Hanifa's Story: Her Five Sisters Taken by ISIS to Be Sold or Worse|Christine van den Toorn|August 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As men fixed in the grip of nightmare, we were powerless—unable to do anything but wait.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
But for the most part even industry and endowment were powerless against the inertia of custom and the dead-weight of environment.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
The new forces controlled by mankind have been powerless as yet to remove want and destitution, hard work and social discontent.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
The man who allows himself to be crucified is no true saviour, because by allowing it he renders himself powerless to save.
The Everlasting Arms|Joseph Hocking
Now they were fugitive and nearly powerless, and I knew the Zervs were few in number from my own observation.
Valley of the Croen|Lee Tarbell

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powerless

/ (ˈpaʊəlɪs) /

adjective

without power or authority

Derived forms of powerless

powerlessly, adverbpowerlessness, noun

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