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Recent Examples of immobilized
Ira Goldstein, New York Daily News, 18 Jan. 2026
The fleeing truck continued on, hit a parked RV and became immobilized.
—Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 2 Jan. 2026
Social media postings showed immobilized autonomous vehicles flashing their hazard lights.
—Stuart Dyos, Nashville Tennessean, 30 Dec. 2025
The assets frozen in Europe account for most of Moscow’s immobilized assets globally.
—Clare Sebastian, CNN Money, 19 Dec. 2025
European Union leaders are set to review on Thursday proposals aimed at using proceeds from immobilized Russian sovereign assets to support Ukraine’s huge budget and defence needs — something Moscow fiercely opposes.
—Reuters, NBC news, 17 Dec. 2025
Valentino, 82, alleged Cosby drove her to a nearby office and raped her while she was too immobilized to fight back.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2025
Almost overnight, companies across the country became immobilized, and face-to-face business models broke down.
—Suresh Rajapakse, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 6 Feb. 2026
As temperatures dropped and people huddled indoors across South Florida, iguanas dropped from trees, with videos showing the reptiles stunned and immobilized from the cold, lying on the ground.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026
Nix watched Sunday’s conference title game from a suite above the field, the ankle that was surgically repaired this week immobilized.
—Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
It’s also known that Waymo pays humans to physically deal with vehicles immobilized by — for example — a passenger’s failure to fully close a car door when exiting.
—Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026
Bryant, Adkins return Wednesday also marked rookie receiver Pat Bryant’s first appearance in Broncos gear since a scary late-game hit in Week 16 against Jacksonville, resulting in Bryant being immobilized and sent to the hospital for a concussion.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 1 Jan. 2026
Euroclear, a securities depository in Belgium, holds most of the Russian assets immobilized in the EU.
—Olesya Dmitracova, CNN Money, 17 Dec. 2025
The operation is sounding alarm bells on Capitol Hill, where Democrats — and even some Republicans — are questioning the legality of killing adversaries after they’d been immobilized.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 2 Dec. 2025
Although those around her believe that Grace, an aspiring author who is unable to get started on her book, is immobilized by the weight of motherhood, what’s actually happening seems to be much more complex.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
Videos showed immobilized vehicles clogging streets, turning chaos into gridlock.
—Ira Goldstein, New York Daily News, 18 Jan. 2026
The fleeing truck continued on, hit a parked RV and became immobilized.
—Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 2 Jan. 2026
Social media postings showed immobilized autonomous vehicles flashing their hazard lights.
—Stuart Dyos, Nashville Tennessean, 30 Dec. 2025
The assets frozen in Europe account for most of Moscow’s immobilized assets globally.
—Clare Sebastian, CNN Money, 19 Dec. 2025
European Union leaders are set to review on Thursday proposals aimed at using proceeds from immobilized Russian sovereign assets to support Ukraine’s huge budget and defence needs — something Moscow fiercely opposes.
—Reuters, NBC news, 17 Dec. 2025
Valentino, 82, alleged Cosby drove her to a nearby office and raped her while she was too immobilized to fight back.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2025
Almost overnight, companies across the country became immobilized, and face-to-face business models broke down.
—Suresh Rajapakse, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Verb
Gray Davis, 23, of Fort Lauderdale, recently posted a video of himself capturing and cooking an iguana that was immobilized during Florida's recent frigid temperatures.
—Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 6 Feb. 2026
As temperatures dropped and people huddled indoors across South Florida, iguanas dropped from trees, with videos showing the reptiles stunned and immobilized from the cold, lying on the ground.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026
Nix watched Sunday’s conference title game from a suite above the field, the ankle that was surgically repaired this week immobilized.
—Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
It’s also known that Waymo pays humans to physically deal with vehicles immobilized by — for example — a passenger’s failure to fully close a car door when exiting.
—Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026
Bryant, Adkins return Wednesday also marked rookie receiver Pat Bryant’s first appearance in Broncos gear since a scary late-game hit in Week 16 against Jacksonville, resulting in Bryant being immobilized and sent to the hospital for a concussion.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 1 Jan. 2026
Euroclear, a securities depository in Belgium, holds most of the Russian assets immobilized in the EU.
—Olesya Dmitracova, CNN Money, 17 Dec. 2025
The operation is sounding alarm bells on Capitol Hill, where Democrats — and even some Republicans — are questioning the legality of killing adversaries after they’d been immobilized.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 2 Dec. 2025
Although those around her believe that Grace, an aspiring author who is unable to get started on her book, is immobilized by the weight of motherhood, what’s actually happening seems to be much more complex.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for immobilized
Adjective
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This teal hip fracture bedpan has an easy-grip handle on both the front and sides for more comfortable use for fracture and immobile patients.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Jan. 2026
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Harbaugh won a Super Bowl with immobile gunslinger Joe Flacco (and a dominant defense) and then oversaw Lamar Jackson’s development from a raw athletic specimen into a two-time MVP.—
Dan Duggan,
New York Times,
15 Jan. 2026
Verb
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At times paralyzed by self-doubt and criticism, Donatella believed in the life-changing magic of a great cocktail dress (or a good hair day) to elevate or protect yourself.—
Rachel Tashjian,
CNN Money,
5 Feb. 2026
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While one of his victims, 19-year-old Darrell Cabey, was paralyzed and suffered permanent brain damage in the shooting, he and the other victims were villainized, even receiving piles of hate mail.—
The Week US,
TheWeek,
4 Feb. 2026
Verb
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In 2021, a record-shattering outbreak of cold in Texas crippled the state’s electric grid, a meltdown blamed in large part on failures in its gas infrastructure.—
Kristi Swartz,
AJC.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Widespread power outages, dilapidated equipment, and a lack of spare parts from absent foreign firms crippled operations.—
Scott Montgomery,
Forbes.com,
25 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Bhusri and Duffield’s agreement also means that if one of the cofounders is incapacitated or dies, the other gets control of both stakes.—
Amanda Gerut,
Fortune,
13 Feb. 2026
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In the first half of the Super Bowl against Cincinnati, Beckham suffered a complete ACL tear and was incapacitated.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Immobilized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immobilized. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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