be hurting

idiom

: to be very upset and unhappy

My sister has really been hurting since her boyfriend left her.

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State AGs, meanwhile, have launched a flurry of investigations into the ways social media platforms could be hurting kids by deploying addictive design features, culminating in a barrage of lawsuits against Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta in October. —Cristiano Lima-Strong, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024

Attempts to raise prices may also be hurting signups. —Cameron Baker, Fortune, 14 Feb. 2024

Here are the three Republican absences that will be hurting the margin by which the GOP controls the House. —Jack Birle, Washington Examiner, 8 Jan. 2024

Lyft’s bigger presence on the U.S. West Coast, a region that analysts have said was trailing the rest of the United States in return to pre-COVID demand, could be hurting its recovery compared with Uber. —Reuters, CNN, 9 Feb. 2023