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coma

[koh-muh] / ˈkoʊ mə /


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In 2025, a jury awarded nearly $49 million to a man in a coma after he was hit by a city garbage truck driver, who was accused of making an “unsafe right turn.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 22, 2026

Zhu, who had long been out of the public eye, died after two years in a coma, said people familiar with his medical care.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

It came just months after she was treated in intensive care after being placed in an induced coma following an emergency intestinal surgery.

From Barron's Aug. 15, 2026

The Puerto Rican had suffered a brain haemorraghe and after having an operation to reduce brain swelling he was placed in a coma for 221 days.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Your husband’s stable, but he is in a coma.

From "The Crossover" by Kwame Alexander

The nuclei and comae of different comets exhibit few peculiarities to the unaided vision except in respect to brightness; but the tails of comets differ widely, both in brightness and in extent.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" by Various

If it is dry the accused is held to be guilty—fear has stopped the secretion of saliva—obstupui, stetetuntque comae, et vox faucibus haesit.

From Criminal Psychology; a manual for judges, practitioners, and students by Hans Gustav Adolf Gross

As often as the thought had comae to me I had thrust it away.

From The Betrayal by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim

The assortment of fried, smothered, pickled or barbecued options guide your steps into the gentlest of food comas.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2024

In Cairo, the streets are decked with colorful Ramadan lanterns, bakeries are hawking holiday sweets and television networks are promoting prime-time soap operas, hoping to capitalize on nightly food comas.

From Seattle Times Mar. 10, 2024

The other two, ages 61 and 75, had descended into comas and required ventilation.

From Science Magazine Nov. 21, 2023

They were rushed to separate hospitals and were both put in induced comas.

From BBC May 1, 2022

Sighing, he said, “Well, they say sugar comas are manageable these days,” as he reached in to grab the popcorn with a scoop.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon




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