numbing
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Numbing spray dripped onto the back of my tongue, its bitter flavor making me want to gag.
From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026
“Because it will make you stronger. Numbing your pain will make you weaker.”
From Washington Times • Jul. 26, 2015
Numbing provinciality was the lot of artists in America 200 years ago.
From Time Magazine Archive
List to the Numbing Tale of the Tiger and the Welshman as Spun by Wickham Steed.
From Time Magazine Archive
Huge giants named Mandehas677 there In each foul shape they love to wear, Numbing the soul with terror's chill, Hang from the summit of the hill.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)
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