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inflict

[in-flikt] / ɪnˈflɪkt /


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“Without relief, Defendants’ calculated campaign will continue to inflict fear, to destabilize SAL’s operations, and to cause further irreparable harm.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

Renshaw took the strike when needed, protecting Lyon from the pace of Anrich Nortje, but became increasingly aggressive to add boundaries and inflict further pain as the partnership grew.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

But Krishnan-Harihara believes any sanctions imposed on the club are unlikely to inflict lasting damage on Manchester's economic prospects.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

Taken together, this presents a false dichotomy: AI will either end disease and suffering or inflict it in untold measure.

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026

He would soon prove how much damage a single secret agent could inflict on an enemy superpower.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

The blame for any harm the technology inflicts should lay with its creators.

From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026

Jocelin’s certainty is absolute; so is the damage it inflicts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

The focus here is squarely on her mother, another survivor who inflicts her own share of damage along the way.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026

Sensitively, the film portrays the devastation Alzheimer's disease inflicts on a patient's loved ones.

From Barron's ● Feb. 21, 2026

Is humanity worth the pain it inflicts upon itself?

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

These adverse moves have wrong-footed the hedge-fund community and inflicted severe losses.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

The Second World War, meanwhile, inflicted its own deadly toll -- the Soviet Union suffered the highest casualties, with 20-27 million people estimated to have died, both civilians and military.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

And damage inflicted by war on refineries in Russia and the Middle East might not be quickly repaired, said James Noel-Beswick of Sparta Commodities in London, a firm that advises energy traders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Suvorova’s story is not just about the childhood trauma inflicted by her mail-order-bride mother, but it’s a redemption story about reuniting with her beloved maternal Babushka and biological father.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

It had been her go-to terror, Weep’s worst collective memory, and she shuddered now to think how blithely she had inflicted it, not understanding, as a child, what it had meant.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

"We've got a lot of belief in Sidi, a big signing for the club," said Lampard, after inflicting a second successive 4-1 away defeat for the Magpies.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

BYD and other Chinese automakers have witnessed substantial growth in Europe in recent years thanks to their relatively cheap lineups of vehicles that are enticing local drivers and inflicting pain on domestic carmakers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

The overstretched will slide into financial distress, inflicting losses on banks and on the private lenders that have proliferated.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026

They hoped they'd left the Champions League drawing board behind, but they're right back where they were when Kairat and Midtjylland and Ferencvaros and Cluj and AEK were the ones inflicting the pain.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

He did not care about finding his captor, repaying insults, or inflicting eternal punishments.

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin


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