Example Sentences

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That ban will handicap his attempt to appeal.

From Slate • Feb. 16, 2024

“Anything short of full political and financial support for the program will handicap the WHO response, right now and into the future,” she said.

From MSNBC • May 23, 2016

The reform has been hotly contested by Internet companies, on-line advertisers and start-ups, who say it will handicap a tool that is central to how the Web operates.

From Reuters • May 31, 2011

Hence, the family has no right to take from its members some present advantage which will handicap potential workers, either boys or girls, in their struggle to meet adult responsibilities of economic life.

From The Family and it's Members by Spencer, Anna Garlin

Many who have seen service will return with slight nervous difficulties that will handicap them in certain forms of urban industry.

From Rural Problems of Today by Groves, Ernest R. (Ernest Rutherford)