paralysis
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Some individuals experience relatively mild symptoms for many years, while others develop serious disability and paralysis at a young age.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 29, 2026
Climate progress was in a state of paralysis.
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026
Polio outbreaks continued throughout the 1920s—Franklin D. Roosevelt contracted the disease in 1921 and suffered partial paralysis for the rest of his life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
If not treated, the child can experience a progressive paralysis that can lead to breathing difficulties and require weeks of hospitalization.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026
Despite his speech paralysis, my grandfather remained a vital person.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
“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
In itself and of itself, fear is not religious; it paralyses, crushes, stuns.
From Outlines of a Philosophy of Religion based on Psychology and History by Sabatier, Auguste
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