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What the reforms would discourage is the strategic use of firings to immobilize the commissions themselves.

From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026

A single freeze-up can knock out an entire weapons platform or immobilize a convoy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 27, 2025

Calvin, known throughout Altadena as “Coach Z,” has refused to allow the insurmountable loss to immobilize him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025

Others suggested they helped predators immobilize larger prey, assisted the brooding of eggs or were a display to mates and rivals.

From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2024

“At least not yet. We also had to immobilize his jaw so that the fracture would heal, so it’s wired shut.”

From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds

"Whether it immobilizes us, or instead we denounce and shout to the world what is happening."

From Barron's ● Apr. 20, 2026

“It immobilizes people; they’re stuck, because they just don’t know.”

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 17, 2023

Rb1 Nd6, and the beautifully placed Black knight immobilizes the proud White center and keeps the White rook from invading.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 26, 2021

Fukuyama and a virus that immobilizes people into teeth-chattering zombies — are as haunting as the villainous Shadow King, played by Audrey Plaza, who at times also appears as a nightmarishly pale, obese figure.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2018

He thrusts his hand out and immobilizes the trolls.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

Uncertainty over not just the future of EVs but tariffs and a weakening U.S. auto market has immobilized many suppliers, she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026

The injuries observed suggest that orcas may have developed a refined technique to trigger this immobilized state while reducing the risk of being bitten.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2025

Fine, immobilized by multiple sclerosis, didn’t know the names of the responders, but said she wanted to “shout-out” to all of them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2025

While run-of-the-mill pessimists might become immobilized and despondent by focusing on negative outcomes, defensive pessimists take action to avoid them.

From Salon ● Dec. 1, 2024

A winter during which Tessie’s worries about her children immobilized her, so that she failed to return Christmas presents that didn’t fit, and merely put them in the closet, without getting a refund.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

Trainers were immobilizing the leg before the cart even reached Lathan.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 1, 2023

Zelda Williams took to Twitter to share that the Oscar winner, who died at 63 in 2014, likely would have supported the SAG-AFTRA strike that’s currently immobilizing Hollywood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2023

“A subset of Hyundai vehicles on the road in the U.S. today – primarily “base trim” or entry-level models – are not equipped with push-button ignitions and immobilizing anti-theft devices.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 7, 2023

Ms. Yellen, a former central banker who initially had reservations about immobilizing the assets, said that while the concept was being studied, she believed that seizing the funds would violate U.S. law.

From New York Times ● May 31, 2022

An emotional heaviness pinned his limbs down into the hard mattress, immobilizing him.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young