as in crippled
to cause severe or permanent injury to
we were afraid that the horse would be lamed by its horrible fall
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None of this will be shocking to anyone who’s lived in an American city crippled by disinvestment and self-dealing—or even to anyone who’s watched a David Simon show on HBO.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
18 Feb. 2026 -
Measles is endemic in Somalia, where war and international aid cuts have crippled the medical system, and elsewhere in East Africa where residents here often travel.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
6 Feb. 2026
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Bhusri and Duffield’s agreement also means that if one of the cofounders is incapacitated or dies, the other gets control of both stakes.—
Amanda Gerut,
Fortune,
13 Feb. 2026
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Seeing their tough-as-nails teammates incapacitated on the floor for such an extended period was jarring to the other Spurs.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Antonio Express-News,
11 Feb. 2026
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Officer Brian Elliott was killed in the shooting, and his colleague was wounded in the leg.—
Ryan Murphy,
IndyStar,
20 Feb. 2026
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Imelda is wounded not only by the philandering of Ferdinand (Chris Renfro) but by an even more painful injury inflicted by her first love, Ninoy Aquino (Joshua Dela Cruz), a politician determined to become the voice of his people.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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The pained look on the freshman’s face and the hush of the Galen Center in those first few seconds was enough to transport at least some of the USC faithful in the crowd back to last March, when Trojan superstar JuJu Watkins injured her knee not far from the same spot.—
Ryan Kartje,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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The roughly 20-meter space rock caused a powerful airburst that injured about 1,500 people and damaged thousands of buildings.—
Marley Malenfant,
Austin American Statesman,
19 Feb. 2026
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An additional 20,000 men on both sides were maimed, crippled or otherwise wounded.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Feb. 2026
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Most Iranians know someone who has been persecuted, killed, maimed, or unjustly imprisoned by the Islamic Republic regime that has occupied Iran since 1979.—
Dan Bilefsky,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Lamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lamed. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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