lameness

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Recent Examples of lameness Right to Party was scratched due to right front lameness and will be replaced by Robusta. Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2026 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. 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
  • And by that, researchers mean methods to drastically reduce the amount of illness and infirmity that currently afflict people in old age.
    John Ramos, CBS News, 3 May 2026
  • Colette, Mark Twain, and William Wordsworth all wrote habitually from bed, for reasons having to do with infirmity, comfort, and warding off distraction; Frida Kahlo painted self-portraits from bed, including the dreams that transcended her physical confinement.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • The Government Accountability Office found that participants in Ticket to Work earned more on average and were more likely to leave disability rolls than similar nonparticipants.
    French Hill, Baltimore Sun, 4 May 2026
  • Organizers expect to host up to 20,000 people at Lemon Hill at the peak of the fan festival crowds, which required significant upgrades to the park, including sidewalks, lighting, the installation of disability-accessible ramps and topographical landscaping work, Kane said.
    Doha Madani, NBC news, 4 May 2026
Noun
  • As Kasubhai observed, despite its legal feebleness, Kennedy’s declaration and its explicit threat has had a concrete impact on the provision of gender-affirming services to American youths.
    Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • Nobody wants to watch a loved one endure the pain, debilitation, and loss of independence that can follow a serious fall.
    Brian Frost, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2026
  • In New Jersey, lawmakers are considering a bill to amend a state law that allows parents to nominate standby, or temporary, guardians in the cases of death, incapacity, or debilitation.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Similarly, ‘Barton Springs,’ a meditation on beautiful youth doomed to mortal decrepitude, feels somehow too personal to make the visceral leap into a reader’s recognition.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The kills here are as elaborate as in the first outing and the depictions of moral decrepitude are so on target at times you all but want to stand up and cheer when the evildoers get served their comeuppance.
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 19 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The organization helps empower children with visual impairments and other disabilities to reach their fullest potential.
    Samantha Gowen, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
  • In particular, Jim Cramer wishes management had better telegraphed its plans to book a $184 million goodwill impairment charge for its Navista and ION reporting unit, which is part of the MSO business.
    Zev Fima,Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 1 May 2026
Noun
  • Some analysts have raised alarms about how weakness in a key node of the web, like OpenAI, could set off a chain reaction that could threaten the entire AI ecosystem.
    Rob Wile, NBC news, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Prior to his senior year, Maloney worked extremely hard to correct his weakness.
    Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026

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“Lameness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lameness. Accessed 7 May. 2026.

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