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Those perils mean the breakneck rescue is being conducted at a snail's pace, all while the miner's face dangers including hypothermia, carbon dioxide poisoning and shortages of food and water.
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Matt Gutman, CBS News, 27 May 2026
For much of Jordan's career, the NBA game was played at a snail's pace.
—Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
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That upended pre-pandemic trends, in which chains were taking a little bit of share from independents, but at a snail's pace.
—Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 30 Apr. 2022
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Matt Gutman, CBS News, 27 May 2026
For much of Jordan's career, the NBA game was played at a snail's pace.
—Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
Thursday's cartoons - knockout, snail's pace, and more Newsletter sign up
By The Week US
published 2 weeks ago
Subscribe to The Week
Escape your echo chamber.
—The Week Us, theweek, 30 May 2024
That upended pre-pandemic trends, in which chains were taking a little bit of share from independents, but at a snail's pace.
—Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 30 Apr. 2022
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“Snail's pace.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snail%27s%20pace. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.
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