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Antonyms that are in the dictionary are marked in green. Antonyms that are not in the dictionary are marked in red.
Alcohol became my crutch, and between 2020 and 2022, what started as a glass of wine a couple of nights a week escalated.
Source: https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/fabulous/11727088/became-step-mum-drink/
"He has absolutely no recollection of what he did" Mr Constantine said, "he says he had taken Xanex tablets as a crutch to help him deal with the death of his brother last year, and two other bereavements."
Source: https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/locked-up-july-killers-paedophiles-27426393
It’s an idea that seems interesting, but it has a very short shelf life, you really can’t do all that much with it, it just comes off as a lazy storytelling device for creative to use as a crutch.
Source: https://www.cagesideseats.com/2023/4/7/23675076/the-nightly-april-7th-2023
Looks like the imprint of a crutch, one that I made when I fell over once after breaking a wrist and ankle…
Mitchum’s sheriff JP Harrah had been wounded in the right leg and needed a right-handed crutch.
Source: https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/films/1803746/John-Wayne-El-Dorado-Robert-Mitchum
Stressed by a high-pressure legal career he didn’t enjoy, he was using booze as a crutch and hiding his true feelings about work from Sian.
That man whose crutch was found told the police it was Farren who had the baseball bat and further evidence was obtained from a doorbell camera.
What’s not stated is that it will mainly be used as a crutch to power energy-hungry coastal cities.
Source: https://vtdigger.org/2023/02/11/karl-meyer-federal-commission-is-failing-new-englands-great-river/