coma

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Recent Examples of coma Their parents were among the four people hospitalized; their father remains in a coma. Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 7 May 2025 Listen to this article 2 min Former NBA star Gilbert Arenas opened up about the horrifying crash his son Alijah was involved in last month that left him briefly in a coma. Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2025 This inaction allowed Vong to fall into a coma, according to the complaint. Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 5 May 2025 The 43-year-old fell into a coma and died two weeks later. Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for coma
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Noun
  • For those now waking up from a deep slumber, a Real ID is an enhanced form of identification that allows access to commercial airline flights.
    Frank Fellone, Arkansas Online, 16 May 2025
  • The temperatures here have put them in a deep slumber intended to preserve them for the ages.
    Katarina Zimmer, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 May 2025
Noun
  • Savina: Our Hotel Sages Signature Retreats are rooted in the belief that rest is revolutionary and that luxury doesn’t have to be loud to be powerful.
    Noel Burgess, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
  • Only one of his 10 starts so far has been made on the traditional four days of rest.
    Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2025
Noun
  • It's packed with health and fitness features, including ECG, body composition, blood oxygen saturation, sleep tracking, VO2, and more than 95 different workout modes.
    Cierra Cowan May 28, PC Magazine, 28 May 2025
  • Night-light color White and blue light can disrupt your child’s sleep because their bodies naturally associate white and blue colors with daytime.
    BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2025
Noun
  • In early March 2024, McIlroy experimented with hypnosis.
    Gabby Herzig, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
  • But his arrival shifts the film’s entire mood, as his baritone murmurings cast a sort of hypnosis on Clarence.
    Beatrice Loayza, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • In the mid-to-late ’70s, when New York was sunk into the torpor of potential economic ruin, the city was fabled in another way.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 21 Apr. 2025
  • There are many reasons why putting humans into torpor for long-duration spaceflight is a good idea.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 15 Sep. 2016
Noun
  • The supercar can achieve 62mph from a standstill in under three seconds and produces 1,984lbs (900kg) of downforce at 155mph.
    Trinity Francis, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
  • Weeks went by and then months with Paul and the producers at odds, and the project was at a standstill.
    Matt Wolf, Vulture, 28 May 2025

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“Coma.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coma. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.

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