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Recent Examples of paraplegic
The same survey found that one resident, who was paraplegic, was left alone all night while calling out for help.
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Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Aug. 2025
Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for paraplegic
Adjective
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Here’s one his many Se7en knockoffs, this one based on a series of novels about a quadriplegic cop, played by Washington, who teams with a rookie cop (Angelina Jolie) to take down a serial killer.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Feeling paralyzed in your job search?—
Maria Gracia Santillana Linares,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Her son was left paralyzed from the mid-chest down, had to have his left leg amputated at the knee and two thirds of his bowel removed — and almost a month later, is still in the hospital, where he is intubated and fighting an infection.—
Janelle Griffith,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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But a medical emergency later left Bains with a new paraeducator who was a special-needs adult himself.—
IndyStar,
IndyStar,
3 Sep. 2025
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Luca received daily home visits from a speech therapist as a toddler and was enrolled in a special-needs preschool where this continued.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Paraplegic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paraplegic. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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