immobilize
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It’s also known that Waymo pays humans to physically deal with vehicles immobilized by — for example — a passenger’s failure to fully close a car door when exiting.
From Los Angeles Times
A stock market that supposedly facilitates capital flows thus immobilizes capital within companies.
From Barron's
A single freeze-up can knock out an entire weapons platform or immobilize a convoy.
Calvin, known throughout Altadena as “Coach Z,” has refused to allow the insurmountable loss to immobilize him.
From Los Angeles Times
The document also addresses key European interests, including the need to use immobilized Russian central bank assets held in Europe to support Ukraine and its recovery.
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