1.   The sharply increased volume of traffic increased the opportunities for profits, but also for crippling losses.

2.   But critics say the unintended result could be a crippling loss of confidence in the markets to which Americans have entrusted trillions of dollars of their retirement savings.

3.   The partnership, a nonprofit organization, recently revamped and reduced its field program for the homeless after a crippling loss of business.

4.   An accident can cause crippling financial losses.

5.   But recent crippling losses to New Zealand, Australia and Wales left a cloud over his leadership position.

6.   In MS, the body attacks and destroys myelin, causing a crippling loss of nerve function.

7.   Several governments imposed bans on a range of Belgian meat and dairy products leading to crippling losses for farmers.

8.   More than a third of these private underwriters have taken legal action against the London market over allegedly negligent insurance contracts which caused them crippling losses.