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Recent Examples of coma
Al Davis ended his long streak of joining the Raiders on road trips to work out of the Oakland hospital while Carol recovered from a massive heart attack and stroke in 1979 that kept her in a coma for 23 days.
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Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
The site became overcrowded and used controversial treatments such as electroshock and insulin coma therapy, according to local reports, and since its abandonment, many visitors report paranormal activity in the former ward buildings.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
The composite image shows the nucleus or icy, rocky central core of 3I/ATLAS as a large and black dot, along with a white glow — the comet's coma, or atmosphere.
—Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 24 Oct. 2025
While the nucleus may be a few kilometers across, the coma can be tens of thousands of kilometers wide, which is bigger than some planets.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2025
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Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
The site became overcrowded and used controversial treatments such as electroshock and insulin coma therapy, according to local reports, and since its abandonment, many visitors report paranormal activity in the former ward buildings.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
The composite image shows the nucleus or icy, rocky central core of 3I/ATLAS as a large and black dot, along with a white glow — the comet's coma, or atmosphere.
—Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 24 Oct. 2025
While the nucleus may be a few kilometers across, the coma can be tens of thousands of kilometers wide, which is bigger than some planets.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coma
Noun
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Clocks fell back an hour on Sunday morning and many people may have enjoyed an extra hour of slumber.—
NPR,
NPR,
2 Nov. 2025
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The Avalanche power play woke up from its slumber Tuesday night.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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For this study, researchers set up thermal and infrared cameras to keep tabs on two bat hibernation sites in the towns of Segeberg and Lüneburg-Kalkberg, Germany.—
Sarah Durn,
Popular Science,
30 Oct. 2025
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Now, outside their natural habitat, the beetles turn to the nooks and crannies of modern homes and structures for winter hibernation.—
Maia Pandey,
jsonline.com,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The principle of relativity would later show up in Newton’s work as his first law of motion, where an object at rest would remain at rest and an object in motion would remain in constant motion, and would do so forever, unless and until either of them was acted upon by an outside (net) force.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
5 Nov. 2025
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That is empowering — better rest is in your control.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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But Hollub, for one, was not losing any sleep over it.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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Healthy sleep hygiene involves limiting light exposure, screen time and consumption of food and alcohol in the few hours before bed.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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One issue is that hypnosis has long been viewed as a form of entertainment, a stage show with a hypnotist and an audience, which can give viewers a sense that hypnosis is something done to you rather than a process that a person is led through.—
Rustin Dodd,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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In other words, an irresistible hypnosis for cinephiles.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Though the idiom of abuse has changed, the critics are as hostile as ever, while their targets react only with curious torpor.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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As for Farrell, rarely has a pathological abdication of responsibility been so uncannily conveyed; he’s well matched by his The Beguiled co-star, Nicole Kidman, who cuts through the body-snatcher torpor of the material with her growing rage and panic.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
24 Oct. 2025
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What Happens Next Congress remains at a standstill over funding, meaning wages for federal workers remain on hold, as do vital services.—
Dan Gooding,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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When the Covid pandemic hit in early 2020, Navan went from growth mode to a complete standstill.—
Michal Lev-Ram, CNBC Contributor,
CNBC,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Coma.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coma. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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