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• This film has a worthy goal: to change the perspectives of people who might be hurting right now.
  — Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2022
• Your beloved pet may be hurting your sleep, research published Thursday finds.
  — Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 16 Mar. 2023
• And Europe’s growing appetite for L.N.G. may be hurting other regions of the globe that rely on the fuel.
  — New York Times, 30 July 2022
• But Johnson's views on 2020 may be hurting him with voters outside his own party.
  — Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus, Anthony Salvanto, CBS News, 9 Oct. 2022
• Concerns about the mass shooting could be hurting Abbott’s standing with voters.
  — Dallas News, 16 June 2022
• Tkachuk, who left Thursday's game after a big hit, appeared to be hurting late in the second period of Game 4 and skated only four shifts in the third period.
  — Mike Brehm, USA TODAY, 11 June 2023
• Therein lies one of the show's drawbacks, which is that even with the cruel blow life has dealt her, Beth comes across as self-absorbed in a way that exhibits little awareness that others might be hurting too.
  — Brian Lowry, CNN, 17 Mar. 2022
• Aquarius January 20-February 18 A habit of yours may be hurting your self-esteem.
  — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2023
• The idea is: Reliance on a few players with big, efficient operations may be hurting the economy’s resilience in the face of unexpected challenges.
  — Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Feb. 2022
• Having a social media presence can feel like an important part of college life, but research shows that scrolling apps like Instagram and TikTok may be hurting your body image.
  — Christine Byrne, Mph, SELF, 12 Sep. 2022
• Regardless, the negative attention doesn’t seem to be hurting Le Domaine’s bottom line.
  — Janna Mandell, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2022
• And, some of the operatives note, female candidates often get examined under a different set of standards than their male counterparts, which could be hurting Abrams.
  — Jessie Dimartino, ABC News, 26 Oct. 2022
• That exhaust could be hurting Farrell and her classmates more than scientists previously understood.
  — Arianna Skibell, Scientific American, 8 June 2022
• But what helped fuel Netflix’s explosive growth early on may now be hurting it at the margins — not because those ideas are suddenly bad but because company execs have been almost dogmatically resistant to change.
  — Vulture, 21 Apr. 2022
• Ecotourism, despite its core values, is a muddy industry, and one that begs the question: Could its popularity actually be hurting those pursuing genuine sustainability efforts?
  — J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine, 1 June 2022

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024