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Adjective
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Instead of killing him, the musket ball to the back paralyzed Captain Cunningham from the waist down.—
Lincee Ray,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Apr. 2026 -
Every 90 minutes, our bodies go paralyzed while our brains become more active than during waking life.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Johnny Joestar, a paraplegic former jockey who’s already wealthy, joins not for the money, but to pursue Gyro, a strange man with two strange spinning electric balls that seemingly can give him the ability to walk again.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
27 Mar. 2026
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Avatar sees Jake Sully, a paraplegic veteran, on a mission to the moon Pandora, in an entirely new form, adopting that of the Na'vi people.—
Grace Dean,
Space.com,
20 Dec. 2025
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The man who died was a quadriplegic, unable to escape on his own.—
Shelley Bortz,
CBS News,
1 Apr. 2026
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Sharod Knox has lived this way since a 2002 shooting left him quadriplegic and dependent on a ventilator.—
Nora O'Neill,
Charlotte Observer,
27 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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For some seven years, MindShiftED has focused on supporting some of the city’s poorest families, parents of special-needs students and those who speak only Spanish.—
Noah Alcala Bach,
San Antonio Express-News,
22 Mar. 2026
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The event is a fundraiser organized by the Active 4 All Evergreen Foundation to support programs run by the Evergreen Park and Recreation District, including the INSPIRE special-needs program, which helps keep kids with challenges active.—
CBSColorado.com Staff,
CBS News,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Hemiplegic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hemiplegic. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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