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The Fed cut interest rates at three consecutive meetings late last year in an effort to boost the flagging labor market.—Max Zahn, ABC News, 13 Jan. 2026 Trump has also enlisted the help of Vice President JD Vance, who visited Pennsylvania at the end of 2025, as the administration seeks to bolster its flagging economic favorability ahead of the midterms.—Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 13 Jan. 2026 More recently, the flagging real estate market has made people skittish.—Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2026 China's rollout of measures to boost its flagging birth rate remains patchy and inconsistent, a team of researchers has found.—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for flagging