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Adjective
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Her mother-in-law stopped eating and later became paralyzed.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
10 May 2026 -
Each cell is stocked with paralyzed tree crickets, katydids and other orthoptera insects.—
Pamm Cooper,
Hartford Courant,
9 May 2026
Adjective
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Amezcua recalled meeting a paraplegic woman with significant health issues who declined hospital care because, in her experience, she was treated briefly and then discharged back to the street.—
Mona Darwish,
Oc Register,
22 Apr. 2026
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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
Adjective
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Aariana Rose Philip is an Antiguan American model and musician who has quadriplegic cerebral palsy.—
Aariana Rose Philip,
Vogue,
4 May 2026
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The man who died was a quadriplegic, unable to escape on his own.—
Shelley Bortz,
CBS News,
1 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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From there, families often consider tools like a special-needs trust.—
Bruce Helmer,
Twin Cities,
25 Apr. 2026
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While the district’s overall student enrollment has declined dramatically in recent years, the special-needs population has actually increased, advocates noted.—
Scott Travis,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Hemiplegic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hemiplegic. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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