paralyzing
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There’s a deep freeze paralyzing the labor market—and it’s hitting college-educated workers hard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
Paz is facing paralyzing country-wide protests and calls for his resignation.
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
Thoughts on love, nature, trauma, aging, nostalgia and philosophy are all valid starting points, and a surfeit of possibilities can be paralyzing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
It’s a paralyzing realization, she argued, being confronted with “the limits of our body and perspectives — the limits of our very lives.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026
Instead of succumbing to paralyzing fear, like any normal person would in a storm like this, she’d been able to figure out the pattern to Nicole’s swimming.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
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