The cell phone signal was bad, and they ended the call, leaving the mother from Lufkin, Texas, feeling helpless.

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He said the council's decision to move him and the deprivation of liberty orders had left him feeling "helpless".

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We recently received a question from a woman whose father sadly passed away and left her mother feeling financially helpless at a time when she was obviously not in the best emotional state.

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That fear and helpless feeling I experienced as a kid is something that has stayed with me.

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"It was a helpless feeling then, " he said, gesturing toward a huge, high-powered industrial hose on his lawn that he bought at the time.

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Against a process driven by lobbyists, money, and unprincipled legislators willing to be influenced by both, the typical voter is completely rational in feeling unempowered and helpless.

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