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Regulators also have agreed to turn some of that waste into a concrete-like grout, rather than immobilizing it in glass.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 30, 2024

Trainers were immobilizing the leg before the cart even reached Lathan.

From Washington Times • Oct. 1, 2023

Zelda Williams took to Twitter to share that the Oscar winner, who died at 63 in 2014, likely would have supported the SAG-AFTRA strike that’s currently immobilizing Hollywood.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2023

The original architecture for immobilizing the tank waste was to chemically separate it, using the now-mothballed treatment plant, into low and high radioactive streams.

From New York Times • May 31, 2023

“He just wants to give us some hands-on experience,” said Hermione, immobilizing two pixies at once with a clever Freezing Charm and stuffing them back into their cage.

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling