immobilize

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

From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026

And then, of course, spiders are venomous, toting enough toxin to immobilize and liquify prey and, in a few cases, cause lesions, necrosis or death in humans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

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

“Once they’ve captured their prey, they immobilize it with a very sticky mucus or slime.”

From National Geographic ● Aug. 4, 2023

“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

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

“Fish that encounter electricity go through a process called galvanotaxis that immobilizes the muscles, physically stopping the fish from moving through the barrier. The process can be lethal,” says Mark Cornish, a supervisory Corps biologist.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 20, 2017

The amebocytes of starfish were recently found to contain a material that immobilizes the macrophages of mammals, resembling a product of immune lymphocytes in higher forms.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

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

I don't have the privilege of being immobilized, so since Wednesday morning I've been working on what I can do to help the situation in any way that I possibly can.

From Salon ● Nov. 13, 2024

For Burnett’s Norma, despite spending several episodes unconscious or immobilized in a bed or wheelchair, the character nevertheless is coiffed, made up and accessorized, often with a dazzling turban and earrings.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2024

When we increase the gravity a little—from 1 g to, say, 3 or 4 g’s—everyone becomes immobilized: even moving a paw requires enormous effort.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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

Where roads are unpaved, it can be immobilizing.

From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2022

His knee was in an immobilizing brace when he came back to the Crimson Tide bench.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 18, 2022

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

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young