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comatose

[kom-uh-tohs, koh-muh-] / ˈkɒm əˌtoʊs, ˈkoʊ mə- /


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Fair play to them because for much of this Nations League game it looked as if they were comatose; out-played and out-fought.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

She is tasked with using a new device to remotely pilot the body of a brain-dead patient from California to New England, where the grieving mother of the comatose man awaits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

But Monica is shaken from this stasis when her son, Martin, goes comatose.

From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026

Three first-responder nurses during the pandemic live in a hastily planned trailer park near the San Bernardino hospital where all day, every day they confront the comatose and the dying.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2025

Then came that terrible day with the phone ringing endlessly, the police showing up at the door, Sierra’s parents hurrying their shoes on and rushing out to Brooklyn Hospital, where Lázaro lay comatose.

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older


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