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Social Security, which dates to the 1930s and former President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal social programs, uses funds collected from workers' paychecks to pay small monthly benefit checks to retirees, disabled Americans and others.—
Davis Winkie,
USA TODAY,
2 Mar. 2025 -
This puts access to services in jeopardy at a time when nearly 512,000 disabled Americans are on waiting lists in their states.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Mar. 2025
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Teresa quickly learned sign language to communicate with Connelly's son Brendan, who is deaf.—
Suzanne Nuyen,
NPR,
9 Mar. 2025
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When a murder takes place at a New York City newsstand, two unlikely witnesses find themselves at the center of the crime in this hilarious film: Dave Lyons (Wilder), who is deaf, and Karew (Richard Pryor), who is blind.—
Travis Bean,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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There were clumps of diseased needles and black limbs killed by lightning long ago, but nothing else to arouse any interest.—
Frank C. Hibben,
Outdoor Life,
27 Feb. 2025
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However, the fear that gender-diverse people are diseased and devious likewise arises in several ancient sources.—
Tom Sapsford,
The Conversation,
24 Feb. 2025
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While with the Rams, Staley helped transform an ailing defense the year prior — 17th in points allowed and 13th total yards allowed per game — into a force worth being recognized and respected, finishing first in both PPG and total yards allowed.—
Dianna Russini,
The Athletic,
21 Feb. 2025
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Running the ad would have risked placing the paper — whose ailing finances were exacerbated in October when 250,000 Post readers canceled their subscriptions following Bezos’ decision to block the paper’s endorsement for Kamala Harris — directly in the administration’s crosshairs.—
Liam Reilly,
CNN,
17 Feb. 2025
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However, there is no formal provision in canon law for an incapacitated pope, and there are no current signs that Francis is unable to govern.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
21 Feb. 2025
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But there is no precedent for forcibly removing an incapacitated member who had taken the oath of office that Congress.—
Emily Brooks,
The Hill,
27 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Entering 2025, the club responded during the January transfer window by replacing players unfit for Fabregas' tactical system with ten new signings, including Maxence Caqueret (Lyon), Assane Diao (Real Betis) and Barcelona loanee Alex Valle.—
David Ferrini,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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But both those cases were dismissed after he was found unfit to stand trial, said a spokeswoman for the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Everything in Constantine is washed with green, as though the whole world were unwell and not just the film’s terminally ill hero.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
4 Mar. 2025
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Posey’s character is Victoria Ratliff, a Southern financier’s wife who is, in a word, unwell.—
Julia Whelan Emma Kehlbeck Joel Thibodeau,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2025
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Measles is an infection that can make even healthy children very sick.—
Brenda Goodman and Neha Mukherjee,
CNN,
6 Mar. 2025
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Less than 10 minutes later, at that same rally, gunfire rang out and a sick and deranged assassin unloaded eight bullets from his sniper's perch into a crowd of many thousands of people.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
5 Mar. 2025
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“Special-needs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/special-needs. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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