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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 May 2026
Right to Party was scratched due to right front lameness and will be replaced by Robusta.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2026
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 May 2026
Right to Party was scratched due to right front lameness and will be replaced by Robusta.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2026
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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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
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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
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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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Amputation might have been the safest expedient, but the mine would have had to pay permanent disability.—
Jonathan Franzen,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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For Social Security disability beneficiaries, gig work can offer flexibility and greater independence.—
Diane Winiarski,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
Noun
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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
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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
Noun
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Accessibility While there are two rooms suitable for those with mobility impairments, the grounds have irregular surfaces and some steep gradients.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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Therapy is appropriate when there's a diagnosable condition, significant distress, or impairment.—
Megan Bruneau,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
Noun
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Spending has held up, and the economy hasn’t shown the kind of demand collapse that typically accompanies recession-level income weakness.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
2 June 2026
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Oftentimes, people associate apologizing too much as a sign of incompetence, weakness or even behavior that’s annoying.—
Avni Trivedi,
CNN Money,
2 June 2026
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“Lameness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lameness. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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