Example Sentences

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The proposed rule addresses the class-action litigation that also has paralyzed plan innovation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

An effective Iranian blockade has paralyzed commercial shipping through the crucial maritime chokepoint, which in peacetime sees a fifth of global crude oil and liquefied natural gas pass through it.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

Her dismissal has paralyzed the labor board by leaving it without a quorum.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 1, 2025

About 45,000 dockworkers are now on a strike that has paralyzed ports from Maine to Texas.

From Salon • Oct. 2, 2024

You can't see them move here, because the air has paralyzed them.

From The Treasure-Train by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)