paralysis
Example Sentences
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First, there was the paralysis of flights through some of the busiest airspace in the world, leaving aircraft at major hub airports grounded and hundreds of thousands of passengers stranded.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
Gulf infrastructure damage and logistical paralysis are now set to postpone these plans.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
His serious spinal injury was triggered by a fall in 2021, which required emergency surgery to prevent paralysis, his manager Theresa Fortier said in a statement at the time.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026
But these overland routes are too congested, expensive and insufficient to make up for the paralysis of traditional routes, Schneider said.
From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026
Various cases of delayed paralysis have followed use of one or another of these insecticides.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
