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Noun
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Medicaid is the primary source of coverage for long-term care nationwide, helping low-income seniors and individuals with disabilities receive assistance with basic activities like bathing, dressing and walking.—
Liz Barton,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 June 2025 -
Can software help improve emergency communications so people with disabilities can be informed enough to escape natural disasters?—
Alan Schwarz,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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And therein lies a sense of impotence, because our ability to discern the consequential ghoulishness of this nation’s policies–LOL that’s crazy!–doesn’t in and of itself constitute resistance.—
Lauren Michele Jackson,
The New Yorker,
27 Feb. 2025
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On the same day that Trump regaled the more boisterous crowd just across the river at CPAC with his tales of political retribution, several hundred activists and insiders gathered in downtown D.C. to make sense of their current impotence.—
Philip Elliott,
TIME,
24 Feb. 2025
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The most severely affected reported a 66% impairment in productivity.—
Beth Greenfield,
Fortune,
18 June 2025
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There’s a lot to discover beyond the shores of Holy Island, including — Spike imagines — a cure for his mother’s headaches, nosebleeds, and cognitive impairment.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
18 June 2025
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The shadow of death and debility haunted American women throughout the nineteenth century.—
Jenny Noyce,
JSTOR Daily,
28 June 2024
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President Biden’s troubles — lingering inflation, wars and rumors of wars, his debility — could have benefited any Republican.—
David Harsanyi,
National Review,
25 Jan. 2024
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Similar to the chart of WTI crude oil, the VanEck Oil Services ETF (OIH) has improved intermediate-term momentum and no signs of upside exhaustion, increasing the likelihood of a breakout above a Fibonacci retracement level near $257 for a secondary objective of $298.—
Katie Stockton,
CNBC,
16 June 2025
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The condition can cause symptoms like exhaustion, irritability, unintentional weight loss, hand tremors, and skin discoloration, according to the Mayo Clinic. About 1 percent of Americans have Graves' disease, according to Yale Medicine.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
14 June 2025
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The injury happened with 4:55 left in the first quarter.—
Tim Reynolds,
Chicago Tribune,
23 June 2025
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All that bumping and bruising puts her at a higher risk of injury and exhaustion.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
22 June 2025
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Some blame reporters defending Biden’s obvious infirmity rather than reporting the hard facts.—
Michael Graham,
Boston Herald,
21 May 2025
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The president’s own obvious aged infirmity was what ultimately caused Democrats to force him out of the 2024 race, but his son’s many years of shabby buckraking, both in active addiction and recovery, helped destroy Joe Biden’s image as a straight shooter.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
13 May 2025
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In the exposé, Rolling Stone balanced public interest versus potential harm by considering the sensitive details surrounding what was then unverified accusations.—
Ime Ekpo,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2025
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While there is no categorical ban under international law, the use of nuclear weapons would be subject to international humanitarian law (IHL), which requires adherence to the principles of distinction, proportionality, and necessity—especially regarding civilian harm.—
Hugh Cameron
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 June 2025
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“Disablement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disablement. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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