catatonic
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But there are also haunting clues that the catatonic wife down the hall isn’t as helpless as she looks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
"This experience has left Morrissey in a catatonic state."
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026
And besides, as David Hill of Rolling Stone notes, American sports—which naturally lend themselves to micro-betting with their long pauses and occasionally catatonic pace—were founded to enable wagering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026
The obvious and most common way to play “emotionally shut down” as to act catatonic.
From New York Times ● Mar. 12, 2023
When I picked him up, he made no attempt to uncurl, but remained in that state much like a catatonic stupor.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
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