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immobile

[ih-moh-buhl, -beel] / ɪˈmoʊ bəl, -bil /


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Some were slumped getting sleep on their immobile vehicle.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

The 20-year-old was initially diagnosed with tonsillitis and prescribed antibiotics, however his condition deteriorated and he became immobile with severe leg pain.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026

Predictably too, the greatest burden of taxes fell on the most immobile, who lost their employment, not on the corporations that formally bore the burden of the tax.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025

At the Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Ga., Rodney Taylor, a double amputee, was rendered nearly immobile.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2025

The old man reined up and stood for a moment immobile, head turned eastward toward the enemy, the gray hat on the horn of the saddle.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara




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