paralysis
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Behavioral finance has long found that people get analysis paralysis after about 30 options.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
A U.S.-based chain of medbed operators called Tesla BioHealing has been flagged by federal regulators for claiming that its “Life Force Energy” treatments can cure stroke paralysis, epilepsy, Alzheimer’s, and terminal cancer.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
Roughly half of those who experience one are left with lasting problems such as paralysis or difficulty speaking.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
Though Liniger continued to live with significant paralysis on her left side after the plane wreck, she learned to play golf with one arm immobilized in a sling and became an accomplished one-armed golfer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
The same paralysis that has attacked my voice now seems to have taken hold of my legs.
From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez
He says there are visible signs that the disease paralyses the sea urchin's spines and tiny feet.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2023
“This paralyses freedom of expression and media freedom, as well as impeding the free flow of information,” she wrote in a letter seen by Reuters.
From Reuters ● May 6, 2022
Sometimes these compounds act as deterrents: nicotine, for example, is produced by some plants and paralyses insects, whereas caffeine suppresses their appetite.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 24, 2020
Nothing proved more vividly the maxim that technology renders civilisation fragile than the great traffic paralyses of the late seventies.
From Slate ● Apr. 29, 2019
When he left the house, Wegen was not at all in the mental condition of a rejected candidate for matrimony, which is indeed one of the most crushing which paralyses and benumbs mortal nerves.
From Withered Leaves. Vol. II. (of III) A Novel by Rudolf von Gottschall
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