stupor
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But a recent FAA-funded study found two chemicals that can: formaldehyde, a known carcinogen and neurotoxin, and tridecane, which can cause headaches and stupor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 14, 2025
"I was in a stupor; I couldn't even speak," the activist remembers.
From BBC • Feb. 15, 2025
You can spend all night talking your friend through a breakup, reminding them that they’re better off without the other person, until you’ve spoken yourself into a stupor on the couch.
From Salon • Dec. 11, 2024
About 1 in 150 people will experience more severe symptoms such as high fever, neck stiffness, stupor, disorientation, coma, tremors, convulsions, muscle weakness and paralysis, according to the World Health Organization.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2024
Some of the others were in a stupor of exhaustion and could hardly stand.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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