paralyzing

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Thoughts on love, nature, trauma, aging, nostalgia and philosophy are all valid starting points, and a surfeit of possibilities can be paralyzing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Millions of Americans were facing dangerously cold temperatures Monday in the wake of a massive winter storm that whipped snow and ice across the country, knocking out power and paralyzing transportation.

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026

The two sides had agreed to put further tariff increases on hold until later in the year after months of negotiations and an earlier escalation that raised tariffs on China to 145%, paralyzing trade.

From Barron's • Sep. 30, 2025

Yet in the erasure of history, in the paralyzing censorship that pervades many parts of the world, we risk forgetting the lessons of the past.

From Salon • Aug. 3, 2025

Now, all of a sudden, the fear that they would pick him out in the blackness filled him with an almost paralyzing terror.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi