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Recent Examples of impuissance
But all of that will be moot if Washington’s rushing attack is not significantly improved from the impuissance of last season.
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Ben Baskin, SI.com, 14 June 2018
Ben Baskin, SI.com, 14 June 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impuissance
Noun
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Those include epidural steroid injections for pain management, cervical fusion, diagnosis and treatment of impotence, and skin and tissue substitutes.—
Jillian Taylor,
StateImpact,
16 Jan. 2026
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The offensive impotence is catnip for critics.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
14 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The Global Compassion Coalition says that the first step to overcoming helplessness is to practice acceptance instead of resistance, which is a hard pill to take at the moment.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
28 Jan. 2026
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Over time, the brain links conflict with helplessness.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Not for pleasure, but out of boredom, and our powerlessness before the Volgograd highway.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Jan. 2026
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El-Amin said the atmosphere was one of powerlessness and confusion.—
Rebecca Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Jan. 2026
Noun
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That exhaustion after meetings that drain rather than energize you.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Managing the logistics of displacement is further complicated by endless paperwork, insurance claims, Federal Emergency Management Agency forms and the exhaustion of grief.—
Tara Anne Dalbow,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The most common symptoms of colorectal cancer include persistent changes in bowel habits, unfinished bowel habits, rectal bleeding or blood in stool, abdominal pain or discomfort, unexplained weight loss and fatigue.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
31 Jan. 2026
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Positive research on hydrogen water is in animals, while human studies showing a beneficial impact on oxidative stress, athletic recovery and reduced fatigue have been extremely small — 10 to 50 people.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
31 Jan. 2026
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Europe’s lassitude is heightened by internal divisions.—
HENRY FARRELL,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Aug. 2025
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As something of a companion piece to More, Jacques Deray’s summer thriller La Piscine is a far more dramatic and insidious tale of tropical desire, lassitude, and violence.—
Erik Morse,
Vogue,
26 June 2025
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Here in San Diego — where seaside calm and crowded boardwalks conceal deeper civic fatigue — the same national weariness swirls beneath daily life.—
Phillip Halpern,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Jan. 2026
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And one of the only times that a true sense of road weariness seemed to creep in.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Impuissance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impuissance. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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