coma
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Though we often think of anesthesia as putting us in a deep sleep, new research suggests it could actually be closer to being in a coma than previously thought.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
“Writers,” she said, “disturb the social oppression that functions like a coma on a population, a coma despots call ‘peace’.”
From Salon • May 31, 2026
Before foreign stocks emerged from their coma last year, calls to look abroad mostly fell on deaf ears.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
Keenan Acton, 26, spent more than four weeks in an induced coma after collapsing at a Hyrox fitness competition in October 2024.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
He’d read that coma victims hear everything people say and need voices to keep their brains alive.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
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