paralysis
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The audience that allowed them to monetize their creations in the first place had now led to creative paralysis.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
Acknowledging those concerns can’t become an argument for paralysis, particularly as developers increasingly rely on dedicated clean-energy generation, storage, and power-purchase agreements to reduce pressure on the grid.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
The mystery affliction has killed at least 19 pachyderms, mostly females or young males, since June in Kenya -- with all of the animals exhibiting identical symptoms, including partial paralysis.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
"I think it was a response to a feeling of helplessness in this moment in time that can lead to paralysis," says Gavin.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
A strange paralysis accompanied his thoughts; a sudden overwhelming fatigue took hold, and his heart pounded furiously, and he panted trying to walk only a few feet from the place he had tied the mare.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
“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
“No, not scared. I believe in providence: you go when you go. And what’s the point of being scared? It paralyses you. You function better without fear.”
From The Guardian ● Sep. 12, 2017
The pessimism of "The City of Dreadful Night," in its blank hopelessness, paralyses the inmost nerve of life by isolating the individual in cold obstruction.
From Mathilde Blind by George Eliot
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