paralysis
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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
A-Baki, a former Ecuadoran trade minister, acknowledged that paralysis of the UN's top body, the Security Council, was an issue but stressed "they should be working together for the benefit of everyone."
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
The audience that allowed them to monetize their creations in the first place had now led to creative paralysis.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
Symptoms can vary from person to person, but can include limb weakness, paralysis, seizures, walking difficulties, spasms, sensory issues and cognitive problems.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
Certainly not because I was held back by the kind of moral paralysis that can mask as journalistic objectivity.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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
Asked if she feared for her life, she said: “No. Fear paralyses people. And if you want changes, you should overcome yourself.”
From Reuters ● Aug. 16, 2018
There is little that paralyses the average person more than writing a letter of condolence.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 7, 2017
Doing great acts of life with a half heart, with a troubled faith, paralyses conscience, and in the end opens the way to tremendous sins.
From Misread Passage of Scriptures by James Baldwin Brown
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