paralyzed
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Feeling paralyzed, she thought about hiring someone to help her, even though she didn’t want to spend the money on a landscape designer.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
ReviMo founder Aleksandr Malashchenko said the device is named Niko for his grandfather, who was paralyzed after a stroke.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
In the late 1980s, he fell and broke his neck, becoming temporarily paralyzed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026
“Uncertainty has weighed on FX volatility, which is falling,” wrote Société Générale’s veteran foreign exchange strategist Kit Juckes in a Thursday note titled “FX remains paralyzed by binary possibilities.”
From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026
Usually when I got scared I could almost outrun my shadow, but I was beyond being scared, I was paralyzed.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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