motionless
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Jack Campbell was lying face down and motionless on the field after tackling Minnesota Vikings tight end T.J.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
The team also conducted experiments to determine whether the spiders were genuinely asleep rather than simply sitting motionless.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026
Tech that puts a key to sleep while motionless is one option, he says, so thieves cannot hack into it.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
"Fuel is unavailable, there are huge queues everywhere," he told AFP from his motionless Toyota sedan after a one-and-a-half hour drive from the capital Ulaanbaatar.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
"Nobody did. Wherever she was, whether outside feeding the ducks or inside looking out of the window, she was always motionless, just a figure painted in oils. It was all very odd," my grandmother said.
From "The Witches" by Roald Dahl
Vocabulary lists containing motionless
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