numbed
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In his sermon during Saturday night's Easter vigil, the pontiff urged believers not to feel numbed by the scale of global conflicts but to work actively for reconciliation.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
The numbed stage: The only cease-fire is in the markets.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026
While precise counts of how many people numbed their buns through that double feature aren’t available, there’s no question that millions of us committed to the bit.
From Salon • Jul. 11, 2025
But for Freeman, it was a concoction of adrenaline, relief and gratitude that — at least for a little while — mostly numbed the pain in his badly sprained right ankle.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2024
Day after day, Harriet listened as all six of them complained bitterly about the cold that stung their faces, numbed their fingers, frosted their feet.
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
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