The crushing floodwaters killed at least twelve hundred people, some right here on these streets.
But there is no similar escape from the crushing future burden of government debt.
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Some have been forced to limit their family sizes in anticipation of crushing tuitions.
They reported spectacular earnings last Thursday, crushing analysts estimates, but the stock has barely budged.
Alone, that kind of soul-crushing disillusionment might not be enough to inspire lethal violence.
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If you are lucky, winemakers may even let you watch the grape crushing up close.
But the default was so small that Greece was still left with a crushing debt burden.
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Mr. President, your life story -- from crushing poverty to the presidency -- is an inspiration.
Fishing might not involve the spine-crushing perils of football, but it comes with its own risks.
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The 32-year-old handled that crushing defeat with dignity and pledged to finish stronger given another chance.
International Monetary Fund prescriptions of devaluation and bone- crushing austerity invariably make a country's economy worse.
It would be a crushing blow for a company already struggling to find its way.
Unbeknownst to Scipio, this secretary had been Hannibal's mapmaker before that general's crushing defeat.
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The result was a crushing victory for the Yorkists and for the young king.
But the referees reviewed the play, and ended up nullifying the touchdown, crushing the gamblers.
Congress passed the equivalent of HSAs in 1996, but strangled them with crushing regulations.
Really, there was only one loosely assembled collection of polygons worth crushing on, Lara Croft.
"Higher unemployment, declining incomes and crushing debt is not a new normal, " Mr. Ryan said.
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The weaker environment for consumption weighed on earnings hopes crushing stock prices along the way.
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But only a crushing victory in the province will achieve his goal of dominating Peronism.
Despite the crushing omnipresence of men in green with guns, no one is truly safe.
For that same reason, we must also address the crushing cost of health care.
Its unreformed social system and its red tape, both inherited from Soviet days, are crushing burdens.
In front of it stands a giant, gold, clenched fist crushing an American plane.
Why did so many modern buildings come crashing down including several schools, crushing the pupils inside them?
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He felt antagonistic towards potential archaeological competitors in Crete, and was particularly crushing of women.
Earnings per share came in at 74 cents, crushing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 17 cents.
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More skyrocketing debt and home foreclosures .and mounting bills that are crushing our middle class families.
Like Britain's Marconi, the group moved too swiftly from holding cash to having crushing debts.
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