coma
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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
A proposal for the book included his claim that he had been struck by a car as a teenager and remained in a coma for three months.
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
“Does that mean Mr. Terupt wouldn’t be in a coma if he hadn’t suffered the multiple concussions?”
From "Because of Mr. Terupt" by Rob Buyea
As often as the thought had comae to me I had thrust it away.
From The Betrayal by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
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
In December, 15-month-old Louie and Vinnie Hughes were placed in induced comas as they fought to survive the disease.
From BBC ● Jan. 3, 2025
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
He was in the hospital for some months after she passed, going in and out of comas, and they didn’t know if he was going to make it or not.
From "Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago" by LeAlan Jones
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