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“He mentioned specifically what he called the crippling disease of corruption.”

CNN Transcript Sep 6, 2001

“A senior Russian diplomat says his country will not support what he called crippling sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program.”

MyAntiwar.org

“And, if such an authoritarian mechanism were installed, could its enforcement also result in crippling certain innovations that would have benefitted things?”

LaLa and DRM

“In one of the largest Statehouse rallies ever, thousands of unionized government workers and social-service advocates rallied for an income-tax hike that could avert billions of dollars in crippling budget cuts.”

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“I don't believe in crippling deer and other people with a bow and I don't believe in crippling them with a rifle.”

I watched a fella shoot an elk at 890 yards the other night and drop him like a sack o' potatoes.

“As an expression of crippling depression, the astronomy is darkly poetic—Melancholy has long been hiding behind the sun.”

The Wall Street Journal: At Film Fest, Drugs, Dunst and Dazzle

“Would I take a gamble if knowing a possibility of taking a shot resulting in crippling or losing game?”

Update to: Q: Question by steve182.

“The attempted military solution to the FDLR appears far from having succeeded in crippling the rebel group, despite the recent disarmament of over 400 combatants by MONUC.”

Global Voices in English » Rwanda: The unresolved FDLR issue

“Iran's economic weaknesses - perpetually high unemployment and government mismanagement - have been masked in recent years by the high price of oil but its very dependency on oil means an embargo, if fully implemented, has the potential to bring the country's economy to its knees and leave long-term crippling effects on the lives of the masses.”

The Guardian: Fears that western sanctions on Iran could cripple local economy