be hurting
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: to be very upset and unhappy
My sister has really been hurting since her boyfriend left her.
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Invasive blue catfish also may be hurting numbers of striped bass in the Chesapeake Bay tributaries, but that wouldn’t account for low numbers in the Hudson or Delaware rivers.
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Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 17 Sep. 2025
The company's epic spat with users over API fees may be hurting Redditors' ability to trust Reddit's decision to push any mods out.
—Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 16 Sep. 2025
Helsley is going to be a free agent after the year, and his struggles could be hurting his free agent market.
—Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
But if smartphones aren’t at the center of life in the AI world, Apple could be hurting.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 12 July 2025
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Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 17 Sep. 2025
The company's epic spat with users over API fees may be hurting Redditors' ability to trust Reddit's decision to push any mods out.
—Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 16 Sep. 2025
Helsley is going to be a free agent after the year, and his struggles could be hurting his free agent market.
—Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
But if smartphones aren’t at the center of life in the AI world, Apple could be hurting.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 12 July 2025
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“Be hurting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/be%20hurting. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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