suspended animation
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‘The Matrix films were based on the idea that machine-addicted humans would put their bodies in suspended animation.’
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
Even where trees don't drop their leaves and the earth doesn't sleep under a blanket of snow, subtle changes may indicate a slowing, a retreat, a sense of suspended animation.
From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2025
The Thracian show floats in a state of suspended animation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2025
To survive the annual dry season, the fish's embryos enter a state of extreme suspended animation or "diapause" for approximately 8 months.
From Science Daily ● May 28, 2024
They were paintings about suspended animation; about waiting, about objects not in use.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
