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Recent Examples of lameness
Rabbit Holed is Kieran Press-Reynolds’ weekly column exploring songs and scenes at the intersection of music and digital culture, separating shitpost genius from shitpassé lameness.
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Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 8 Oct. 2025
Survivors may look thin and suffer from lameness until their condition improves.
—Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Oct. 2025
Countless more suffer silently with every step from preexisting, untreated injuries and lameness.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 10 Aug. 2025
Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 8 Oct. 2025
Survivors may look thin and suffer from lameness until their condition improves.
—Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Oct. 2025
Countless more suffer silently with every step from preexisting, untreated injuries and lameness.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 10 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lameness
Noun
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Those are the words Dr. James Parkinson used in an essay more than 200 years ago to group together symptoms and describe a mysterious infirmity afflicting six individuals in London.—
Andrea Kane,
CNN Money,
9 Dec. 2025
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Their income is limited, because of age or infirmity.—
Dan Horn,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
10 Nov. 2025
Noun
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In Will There Ever Be Another You, the main character struggles with an illness similar to long COVID, descending into a state of debility and psychosis as readers experience the chaos of her unraveling life.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
26 Sep. 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
Noun
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People getting handicap parking permits without a disability are in hot water.—
Larry Seward,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Black and Hispanic Americans, young adults, and people with disabilities are more likely to be unbanked than other people, and 1 in 5 unbanked households include someone with a disability.—
Beverly Moran,
The Conversation,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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When hair endures damage from styling treatments, color, or heat, the hair’s keratin composition can be compromised, leading to feebleness and a greater risk of breakage.—
Sophie Wirt,
InStyle,
30 Jan. 2026
Noun
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In playing the character later on, was there a sort of reverse-engineering of his decrepitude?—
Todd Gilchrist,
Variety,
26 Apr. 2025
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The clinics’ decrepitude was regularly mentioned in health ministry meetings.—
Mara Kardas-Nelson,
The Dial,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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State law requires people with them to have long-term or temporary mobility impairments.—
Larry Seward,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Police said the driver stopped at the scene and that investigators found no evidence of impairment; there is no indication that the driver was arrested or cited.—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
23 Jan. 2026
Noun
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So, Domínguez remaining the primary backup would seem to be a weakness for the Yankees, who over the past year have been on a mission to give manager Aaron Boone as much lineup versatility as possible.—
Brendan Kuty,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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Gorman and other committee members spent time with the CEO candidates to learn their strengths, weaknesses and visions for the future.—
Meg James,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Lameness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lameness. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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