suspended animation
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‘The Matrix films were based on the idea that machine-addicted humans would put their bodies in suspended animation.’
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
The host of life on ice includes bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoa, even microscopic animals like nematodes, some dead and some alive in suspended animation.
From Salon • Apr. 24, 2025
Tardigrades' ability to survive being dried out has puzzled scientists, as the creatures do so in a manner that appears to differ from a number of other organisms with the ability to enter suspended animation.
From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2024
In a pose reminiscent of the fight scenes from “The Matrix” franchise, Björk appears in suspended animation, her back arched, head frozen above the faucet, arms dangling at her sides.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2024
Everything I wanted to say would have to wait, and I’d go back to the same suspended animation I’d been in before.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
