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Recent Examples of coma
Former British Open champion Brian Harman ends his season with a heavy heart as a close family friend remains in a coma from a near drowning while trying to save the golfer's 6-year-old son.
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CBS News, 21 Nov. 2024
Her husband, Marshall (Courtney B. Vance) isn’t the one in a coma.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2024
But bird flu can also cause swelling or irritation in the brain, spinal cord, or nerves, resulting in seizures, coma, or even death.
—Stephanie Anderson Witmer, Health, 10 Oct. 2024
Its coma is about 130,000 miles (209,000 kilometers) in diameter, and its tail extends around 18 million miles (29 million kilometers) into space.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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CBS News, 21 Nov. 2024
Her husband, Marshall (Courtney B. Vance) isn’t the one in a coma.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2024
But bird flu can also cause swelling or irritation in the brain, spinal cord, or nerves, resulting in seizures, coma, or even death.
—Stephanie Anderson Witmer, Health, 10 Oct. 2024
Its coma is about 130,000 miles (209,000 kilometers) in diameter, and its tail extends around 18 million miles (29 million kilometers) into space.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coma
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Jaylen Waddle broke out from a deep slumber with 144 receiving yards against the Patriots.C.J. Doon, Baltimore Sun, 26 Nov. 2024
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The singing, chanting, and DIY percussion serves to not only symbolically rouse the trees from their slumber but to scare off bugs, blight, and whatever bad spirits might endanger them.Amiel Stanek, Bon Appétit, 26 Nov. 2024
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See totals for city, rest of Kentucky Flurries in Louisville Monday, cold temperatures this week Graham said Monday flurries will differ from snow seen Saturday night into Sunday, where the NWS office recorded 1.4 inches of snow and the Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport saw 0.7 inches.Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 2 Dec. 2024
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Sleep: Adequate rest helps support your immune health, and not getting enough sleep can increase your risk of infections like the cold.Sarah Jividen, Health, 1 Dec. 2024
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The scientists also looked at screen time, and found there was a link between more than eight hours of screen time per day and sleep problems, but this wasn't as strong as the link with loneliness.Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
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However, sleep experts and other advocates favor permanent standard time, arguing that morning sunlight is crucial for children’s safety and people’s natural circadian rhythms.Ben Kesslen, Quartz, 4 Dec. 2024
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All the while, Owens blurs hypnosis and seduction, speaking in bursts of two or fewer syllables that beckon the body and mind to loosen.Stephen Kearse, TIME, 9 Dec. 2024
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But with hypnosis, compassion turns inward and towards your body.Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 5 Dec. 2024
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Throughout months of hibernation, these 2-3 week periods of torpor are interspersed with one or two day bouts of arousal.Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 28 Nov. 2024
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Last week’s attacks seem to have awoken French politicians from this torpor.Jonathan Laurence, Foreign Affairs, 16 Jan. 2015
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But by that time, a collapse in uranium prices had brought the sector to a standstill, so mining never commenced.Dylan Baddour, WIRED, 7 Dec. 2024
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The surprise offensive by a rebel coalition has dramatically changed the landscape of the civil war, which Mr. al-Assad had fought to a standstill, and Iran’s control over some of Syria’s territory.Farnaz Fassihi, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2024
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“Coma.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coma. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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