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Recent Examples of coma
At his old school, Si-eun beat up the boys responsible for putting his friend, Su-ho (Choi Hyun-wook), into a coma.
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Kayti Burt, Time, 26 Apr. 2025
Francis died earlier this week from heart failure due to a stroke that put him into a coma.
—The Hill Staff, The Hill, 26 Apr. 2025
Francis died Monday morning at the age of 88 after suffering a stroke that landed him in a coma and resulted in his heart failure.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2025
The pontiff died of a cerebral stroke that put him in a coma and led to irreversible heart failure at 7:35 a.m. local time at his residence, the Casa Santa Marta.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 21 Apr. 2025
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Kayti Burt, Time, 26 Apr. 2025
Francis died earlier this week from heart failure due to a stroke that put him into a coma.
—The Hill Staff, The Hill, 26 Apr. 2025
Francis died Monday morning at the age of 88 after suffering a stroke that landed him in a coma and resulted in his heart failure.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2025
The pontiff died of a cerebral stroke that put him in a coma and led to irreversible heart failure at 7:35 a.m. local time at his residence, the Casa Santa Marta.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 21 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coma
Noun
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This is because Mercury (our planet of the mind) awakens on April 7 and Venus (our planet of pleasure) will arise from her slumber on April 12.—
Kyle Thomas,
People.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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For nearly a billion years, Earth seemed to fall into an evolutionary slumber.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Yamamoto threw on five days’ rest 11 times in his first season in the majors, and will gradually reacclimate to that schedule as the Dodgers’ off days from April have dried up.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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Florida advances now to face the winner of the Toronto-Ottawa series, with the Maple Leafs up 3-2 entering Game 6 Thursday, assuring the Panthers a bit of a rest edge.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
1 May 2025
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Patients report reduced neuropathic pain, improved sleep, and relief from muscle cramps and gastrointestinal discomfort when using medical cannabis.—
Tribune Content Agency,
Mercury News,
22 Apr. 2025
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The men will talk and vote, with breaks for mass, prayer, meals, and sleep.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Apr. 2025
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In early March 2024, McIlroy experimented with hypnosis.—
Gabby Herzig,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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But his arrival shifts the film’s entire mood, as his baritone murmurings cast a sort of hypnosis on Clarence.—
Beatrice Loayza,
The Atlantic,
8 Apr. 2025
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In the mid-to-late ’70s, when New York was sunk into the torpor of potential economic ruin, the city was fabled in another way.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
21 Apr. 2025
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There are many reasons why putting humans into torpor for long-duration spaceflight is a good idea.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
15 Sep. 2016
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For more than an hour on Saturday, Maresca’s team did not allow Everton to fight them to a standstill and, helped greatly by the return of Romeo Lavia, passed forward quickly whenever a chance to do so presented itself.—
Liam Twomey,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2025
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Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images 🎧 Goods from China face tariffs of 145%, bringing trade between the world's two largest economies to a standstill, NPR's Scott Horsley tells Up First.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
23 Apr. 2025
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“Coma.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coma. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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