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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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Because of his infirmities, he is housed in a medical unit of the jail, away from the general population.—
Maer Roshan,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Mar. 2026
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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
Noun
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His trajectory is one of softening, from the swaggering knight of the opening to the irrepressible lover of the second act to his final physical debility.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
11 Mar. 2026
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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
Noun
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There’s a step-free entrance, accessible rooms for guests with disabilities, and step-free access to public areas.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 Mar. 2026
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Volunteer Income Tax Assistance The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program provides free in-person tax preparation to individuals with an income of $67,000 or less, who have disabilities or with limited English skills.—
Brian Sloan,Dan Avery,
CNBC,
24 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Signs of disease include warts on legs, crusty or swollen eyes, feebleness, a ruffled appearance, difficulty breathing, nasal discharge, and diarrhea.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
5 Mar. 2026
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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,
26 Feb. 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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Neither speed nor impairment appeared to contribute to the crash, Becchina said.—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
24 Mar. 2026
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Insects guide robot design Results showed that the robot maintained efficient search performance and a high success rate even under sensor impairment.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Mar. 2026
Noun
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That's a break from the typical relationship that has tied elevated energy costs to market weakness since the Iran war broke out.—
Paulina Likos,
CNBC,
17 Mar. 2026
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In another post, Newsom said dyslexia isn't a weakness, but a strength.—
Kinsey Crowley,
USA Today,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Lameness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lameness. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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