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to render powerless, ineffective, or unable to move
town councils felt immobilized by the powers newly granted to the state legislation
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Recent Examples of immobilized
Ira Goldstein, New York Daily News, 18 Jan. 2026
The fleeing truck continued on, hit a parked RV and became immobilized.
—Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 2 Jan. 2026
Social media postings showed immobilized autonomous vehicles flashing their hazard lights.
—Stuart Dyos, Nashville Tennessean, 30 Dec. 2025
The assets frozen in Europe account for most of Moscow’s immobilized assets globally.
—Clare Sebastian, CNN Money, 19 Dec. 2025
European Union leaders are set to review on Thursday proposals aimed at using proceeds from immobilized Russian sovereign assets to support Ukraine’s huge budget and defence needs — something Moscow fiercely opposes.
—Reuters, NBC news, 17 Dec. 2025
Valentino, 82, alleged Cosby drove her to a nearby office and raped her while she was too immobilized to fight back.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2025
Almost overnight, companies across the country became immobilized, and face-to-face business models broke down.
—Suresh Rajapakse, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
It’s also known that Waymo pays humans to physically deal with vehicles immobilized by — for example — a passenger’s failure to fully close a car door when exiting.
—Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026
Bryant, Adkins return Wednesday also marked rookie receiver Pat Bryant’s first appearance in Broncos gear since a scary late-game hit in Week 16 against Jacksonville, resulting in Bryant being immobilized and sent to the hospital for a concussion.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 1 Jan. 2026
Euroclear, a securities depository in Belgium, holds most of the Russian assets immobilized in the EU.
—Olesya Dmitracova, CNN Money, 17 Dec. 2025
The operation is sounding alarm bells on Capitol Hill, where Democrats — and even some Republicans — are questioning the legality of killing adversaries after they’d been immobilized.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 2 Dec. 2025
Although those around her believe that Grace, an aspiring author who is unable to get started on her book, is immobilized by the weight of motherhood, what’s actually happening seems to be much more complex.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
Therefore, the researchers suggest that in pure ice, radiation byproducts such as free radicals become trapped and immobilized, slowing the chemical breakdown of biological molecules.
—Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 17 Oct. 2025
After slipping downstairs and getting poisoned, among other humiliating acts, Carr ends up in a body cast and in a puddle of his own waste with his arm immobilized in a persistent sieg heil.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
Videos showed immobilized vehicles clogging streets, turning chaos into gridlock.
—Ira Goldstein, New York Daily News, 18 Jan. 2026
The fleeing truck continued on, hit a parked RV and became immobilized.
—Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 2 Jan. 2026
Social media postings showed immobilized autonomous vehicles flashing their hazard lights.
—Stuart Dyos, Nashville Tennessean, 30 Dec. 2025
The assets frozen in Europe account for most of Moscow’s immobilized assets globally.
—Clare Sebastian, CNN Money, 19 Dec. 2025
European Union leaders are set to review on Thursday proposals aimed at using proceeds from immobilized Russian sovereign assets to support Ukraine’s huge budget and defence needs — something Moscow fiercely opposes.
—Reuters, NBC news, 17 Dec. 2025
Valentino, 82, alleged Cosby drove her to a nearby office and raped her while she was too immobilized to fight back.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2025
Almost overnight, companies across the country became immobilized, and face-to-face business models broke down.
—Suresh Rajapakse, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Verb
Nix watched Sunday’s conference title game from a suite above the field, the ankle that was surgically repaired this week immobilized.
—Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
It’s also known that Waymo pays humans to physically deal with vehicles immobilized by — for example — a passenger’s failure to fully close a car door when exiting.
—Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026
Bryant, Adkins return Wednesday also marked rookie receiver Pat Bryant’s first appearance in Broncos gear since a scary late-game hit in Week 16 against Jacksonville, resulting in Bryant being immobilized and sent to the hospital for a concussion.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 1 Jan. 2026
Euroclear, a securities depository in Belgium, holds most of the Russian assets immobilized in the EU.
—Olesya Dmitracova, CNN Money, 17 Dec. 2025
The operation is sounding alarm bells on Capitol Hill, where Democrats — and even some Republicans — are questioning the legality of killing adversaries after they’d been immobilized.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 2 Dec. 2025
Although those around her believe that Grace, an aspiring author who is unable to get started on her book, is immobilized by the weight of motherhood, what’s actually happening seems to be much more complex.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
Therefore, the researchers suggest that in pure ice, radiation byproducts such as free radicals become trapped and immobilized, slowing the chemical breakdown of biological molecules.
—Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 17 Oct. 2025
After slipping downstairs and getting poisoned, among other humiliating acts, Carr ends up in a body cast and in a puddle of his own waste with his arm immobilized in a persistent sieg heil.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for immobilized
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Harbaugh won a Super Bowl with immobile gunslinger Joe Flacco (and a dominant defense) and then oversaw Lamar Jackson’s development from a raw athletic specimen into a two-time MVP.—
Dan Duggan,
New York Times,
15 Jan. 2026
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Stray voltage from a nearby streetlight shocked her and her dog Denim, leaving him immobile.—
Meghan Schiller,
CBS News,
12 Jan. 2026
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For the cover of the February 2, 2026, issue, the artist Peter de Sève celebrates the brave souls who continue to work when the city is paralyzed by a snowstorm.—
Françoise Mouly,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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No matter that Goetz had severed Cabey’s spinal cord and permanently paralyzed him from the waist down.—
Heather Ann Thompson,
The Atlantic,
26 Jan. 2026
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In 2021, a record-shattering outbreak of cold in Texas crippled the state’s electric grid, a meltdown blamed in large part on failures in its gas infrastructure.—
Kristi Swartz,
AJC.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Widespread power outages, dilapidated equipment, and a lack of spare parts from absent foreign firms crippled operations.—
Scott Montgomery,
Forbes.com,
25 Jan. 2026
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This is Nissan’s premiere safety tech system, taking over braking and steering like an extra-smart cruise control, or if the driver is impaired or incapacitated.—
Kristin Shaw,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Prior to its passage, nine presidents were at least temporarily incapacitated by health issues and six died, according to Britannica, creating questions around interim leadership and transfer of power.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
20 Jan. 2026
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“Immobilized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immobilized. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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