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  • past tense form of numb.
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numbed







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The numbed stage: The only cease-fire is in the markets.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

Is it strange to suggest that, 35 years on, after becoming numbed by synthetic superhero kinetics, Woo’s brand of over-the-top now feels more grounded?

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2024

The juvenile detention center still looms one block north, standing like a numbed face, an architectural and cultural counterpoint to the expressive life in Washington Hall.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 12, 2024

But in this numbed up, dumbed down world, it means little, is reported less and is viewed the same way most news viewers look at weather predictions – always wrong and who cares.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 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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