slow-walked; slow-walking; slow-walks
: to delay or prevent the progress of (something) by acting in a deliberately slow manner
They can still slow-walk the confirmation process, though, stretching out the Senate's consideration for each Cabinet-level pick for days, which collectively could strangle business in the chamber for months.—
Tamar Hallerman
Tamar HallermanThe suit claims the university slow-walked a formal complaint filed last December, dragging out the internal investigation until some of the accused male swimmers graduated and could no longer be punished.—Thomas J. Prohaska
Thomas J. Prohaska
slow-walking
noun
The slow-walking of processing asylum claims, and the huge backlog of cases at ports of entry, are only adding to tensions in the region.
—Roberta Jacobson and Dan Restrepo
Roberta Jacobson and Dan Restrepo
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The story has been told and retold since 2023, when the frustration of three-term Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who under the state Constitution is the Senate president, boiled over at Speaker Dade Phelan for slow-walking or killing Senate bills.
—John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
President Biden was criticized for slow-walking deliveries to Israel under pressure from Democrats to hold back sending some of America’s most destructive weaponry.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 29 July 2025
However, the two parties ran into trouble; Slam accused Lynk of slow-walking the merger in an attempt to force the deal to fail.
—Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 25 July 2025
The budget office has traditionally leaned on slow-walking filling vacancies as one of its few tools to free up money, and the city ended 2024 with a $161 million deficit and expects a more than $1 billion gap next year.
—Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 22 July 2025
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John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
President Biden was criticized for slow-walking deliveries to Israel under pressure from Democrats to hold back sending some of America’s most destructive weaponry.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 29 July 2025
However, the two parties ran into trouble; Slam accused Lynk of slow-walking the merger in an attempt to force the deal to fail.
—Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 25 July 2025
The budget office has traditionally leaned on slow-walking filling vacancies as one of its few tools to free up money, and the city ended 2024 with a $161 million deficit and expects a more than $1 billion gap next year.
—Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 22 July 2025
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“Slow-walk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slow-walk. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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