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Former matchmaker Lily Womble says she has seen daters over-emphasize the data, causing them to minimize or numb the feelings they get in the presence of a potential partner.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

Less common symptoms include a cold, numb leg or a cough.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026

Murray said he felt "numb" after hearing from families affected by the scandal.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

“We feel the need to humanize Iranians because Americans are used to seeing all those lands as numbers or rubble or desert, and that makes us numb to what happens there,” Wilson said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026

Somehow, I feel numb and like I’m on fire at the same time.

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell

This finding—that since 2000 the number of recorded flood-related disasters has risen by 134% compared with the previous two decades—comes from a United Nations report pulling data from the Emergency Events Database.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

World number two Luke Humphries also emerged victorious in another England versus Netherlands encounter, progressing 6-4 against Jermaine Wattimena.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

A number of the major players have a pricing model that gives customers a license to use cybersecurity products and services up until a contracted value.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

Moments after the final rapid-fire rhythm of Anthrax’s opening number “Caught in a Mosh” fades from the open air of the Sports Illustrated Stadium in Harrison, N.J., shaggy-headed vocalist Joey Belladonna addresses the audience.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

A name told him no more about where they belonged than, say, the number of teeth they had.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

So perhaps it’s fitting that the most recent addition to this sad subgenre is the numbest.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2025

“It might be that we’re killing it, or that’s it’s slowly dying because we’re reducing it to its numbest form, but I don’t think that has to be,” she said.

From Slate ● Mar. 8, 2019

Relationships falter because videogames get in the way, and life dissolves into a virtual reality that numbs the pain meant to drive our growth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2025

As Helena Fitzgerald wrote, "It is the kind of food that numbs pain and softens edges, turning a sharp and bitter world toward small, sense-based pleasures."

From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2024

The local anaesthetic numbs the nerves in the short term.

From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2024

The native of Puebla, Mexico, suffers from diabetes, high blood pressure and rheumatoid arthritis, which sometimes numbs the joints in his hands, making it difficult to work.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2023

"Anything stronger than Belle-rose numbs the blood, Your Highness. The arcana will not work."

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

Some contend that numbed investors to the threat, keeping yields and borrowing costs lower than they should have been.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

The numbed stage: The only cease-fire is in the markets.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 26, 2026

"We are in shock and numbed at the news this afternoon. No Garda shift is ever routine, but this one has ended in the most horrendous of circumstances."

From BBC ● May 11, 2025

“We are numbed by the science, puzzled by jargon, paralyzed by predictions, confused about what actions to take, stressed as we scramble to care for our family, or simply impoverished, overworked, and tired,” Hawken writes.

From Salon ● Mar. 24, 2025

But when the sun descended, when the shadows of the square’s giant shade trees met and combined, the coldness as well as darkness numbed the crowd.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

The numbing lidocaine was injected first and sprayed down my windpipe, making me feel as if I were drowning.

From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2026

But this awful situation also highlights TV’s ability to unite its otherwise fractured audience, despite years of scripted and unscripted content numbing us to the worst acts people commit against one another.

From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2026

When supplied in large quantities, they can have a numbing effect.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025

"Is it, in fact, unhealthy and desensitising and numbing to feel joy when we're surrounded by so much suffering?" he asks.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2025

She hears the sirens wailing as the cold envelops her, numbing her face and her hands, her feet in their thick-soled shoes.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García