as in cripples
to cause severe or permanent injury to
on-the-job accidents maim far too many workers every year
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These pressures could produce a tsunami that fractures the state’s fiscal foundation, self-inflicts a crisis ultimately demanding drastic cuts, and cripples its competitiveness.—
Andrew Rein, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2026
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Scarface and friends attack the lab, and break out the kryptonite that cripples El and Kali.—
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Lorenzo confronts and incapacitates Pepe, Sonia’s main ally, before facing Sonia herself.—
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California law already criminalizes unsafe gun storage in certain situations, including when a child accesses a firearm and injures or kills someone.—
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In self-defense, Franck's group injures one of the attackers.—
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What once killed campaigns now barely wounds them.—
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Even with all of them in place, Shirley misses the masked attacker sneaking his way up to the apartment door, and Lamb’s attempt to blind him with bleach creates a chaotic struggle that wounds the assailant without containing him.—
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Super Cruise includes gaze-tracking technology that disables the system when drivers aren’t watching the road.—
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Activating sport mode disables one-pedal driving.—
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Luckily, Jack and Priya come just in time to save Anna, and Priya shoots and kills Lexy/Catherine.—
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The investigations are required by AB 1506, which mandates a state investigation of any shooting by a law enforcement officer that kills a person who was not carrying a deadly weapon.—
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“Maims.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maims. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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