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paralysis

[puh-ral-uh-sis] / pəˈræl ə sɪs /




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Gulf infrastructure damage and logistical paralysis are now set to postpone these plans.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

These attacks present a new reality for energy markets, already suffocating under the paralysis of the Strait of Hormuz.

From The Wall Street Journal

But these overland routes are too congested, expensive and insufficient to make up for the paralysis of traditional routes, Schneider said.

From Barron's

The paralysis seemed to affect her hands first, traveling from them along her arms and then down into her legs.

From Literature