immobilize

What the reforms would discourage is the strategic use of firings to immobilize the commissions themselves.

From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026

And then, of course, spiders are venomous, toting enough toxin to immobilize and liquify prey and, in a few cases, cause lesions, necrosis or death in humans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

Others suggested they helped predators immobilize larger prey, assisted the brooding of eggs or were a display to mates and rivals.

From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2024

“Once they’ve captured their prey, they immobilize it with a very sticky mucus or slime.”

From National Geographic ● Aug. 4, 2023

I could immobilize my arms and legs, but inside me it was rush hour in downtown Phoenix.

From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli

A stock market that supposedly facilitates capital flows thus immobilizes capital within companies.

From Barron's ● Jan. 2, 2026

Another gadget is an inflatable hug that immobilizes meanies in its enveloping embrace.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 23, 2019

Fukuyama and a virus that immobilizes people into teeth-chattering zombies — are as haunting as the villainous Shadow King, played by Audrey Plaza, who at times also appears as a nightmarishly pale, obese figure.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2018

“Fish that encounter electricity go through a process called galvanotaxis that immobilizes the muscles, physically stopping the fish from moving through the barrier. The process can be lethal,” says Mark Cornish, a supervisory Corps biologist.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 20, 2017

He thrusts his hand out and immobilizes the trolls.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

Though Liniger continued to live with significant paralysis on her left side after the plane wreck, she learned to play golf with one arm immobilized in a sling and became an accomplished one-armed golfer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

The injuries observed suggest that orcas may have developed a refined technique to trigger this immobilized state while reducing the risk of being bitten.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2025

Fine, immobilized by multiple sclerosis, didn’t know the names of the responders, but said she wanted to “shout-out” to all of them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2025

While run-of-the-mill pessimists might become immobilized and despondent by focusing on negative outcomes, defensive pessimists take action to avoid them.

From Salon ● Dec. 1, 2024

Dumbledore had wordlessly immobilized Harry, and the second he had taken to perform the spell had cost him the chance of defending himself.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

Regulators also have agreed to turn some of that waste into a concrete-like grout, rather than immobilizing it in glass.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 30, 2024

Trainers were immobilizing the leg before the cart even reached Lathan.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 1, 2023

Zelda Williams took to Twitter to share that the Oscar winner, who died at 63 in 2014, likely would have supported the SAG-AFTRA strike that’s currently immobilizing Hollywood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2023

Ms. Yellen, a former central banker who initially had reservations about immobilizing the assets, said that while the concept was being studied, she believed that seizing the funds would violate U.S. law.

From New York Times ● May 31, 2022

I've seen her bring back people suffering from immobilizing sadness since.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins