coma
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Though we often think of anesthesia as putting us in a deep sleep, new research suggests it could actually be closer to being in a coma than previously thought.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
“Writers,” she said, “disturb the social oppression that functions like a coma on a population, a coma despots call ‘peace’.”
From Salon • May 31, 2026
Before foreign stocks emerged from their coma last year, calls to look abroad mostly fell on deaf ears.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
A father who lives next to a golf course is bemoaning the number of wayward balls that hit his home and says a child could end up in a coma if they were hit.
From BBC • May 28, 2026
It was probably the hysterical bawling that had wiped me out, or the fight, or maybe I was just slipping into coma.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
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