paralysis
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While the Gulf typically benefits from higher oil prices, the paralysis of the Strait of Hormuz has restricted sales and forced production cuts.
Such campaigns have involved the removal of lower-ranking military officials connected with the purged leaders and will likely result in a sense of paralysis among those who survive, analysts have said.
“What is surprising is how there was no point—even on Saturday morning—where there was the level of paralysis in Iran that we saw at the start of the June war,” Krieg said.
Yet what sounds like endless opportunity can easily become analysis paralysis.
ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a rare degenerative disease that causes progressive paralysis of the muscles.
From BBC
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