as in faded
to lose bodily strength or vigor
older people, especially, were languishing during the prolonged heat wave
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Recent Examples of languished
Kansas City could move to force a historic downtown building that has languished for years into the hands of a new developer.
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Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
12 June 2026
But only in one of those years did the measure get the needed two-thirds supermajority, so the matter languished.
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Peter Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
But only in one of those years did the measure get the needed two-thirds supermajority, so the matter languished.
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ABC News,
10 June 2026
The House's effort to circumvent leadership on support for Ukraine comes as bipartisan legislation in the Senate to impose new economic sanctions on Russia has languished for more than a year, with senators waiting for a green light from the White House.
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Caitlin Yilek,
CBS News,
5 June 2026
The election bill has languished in the Senate for months, after the House passed a version in February on a near party-line vote.
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Miles Parks,
NPR,
4 June 2026
Over most of the past 27 years, Dolan has been directly responsible for many bad trades, the hiring of incompetent front office personnel and even the expulsion from Madison Square Garden of fan favorite Charles Oakley, all while the team languished near the bottom of the standings year after year.
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Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
28 May 2026
The old way of doing business resulted in low satisfaction scores across agencies and in security flaws as old infrastructure languished, Edinger said.
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Nick Coltrain,
Denver Post,
27 May 2026
Manchester United shares languished at $13 and below its 2012 IPO price but more than doubled on hopes of a sale when the Glazers hired Raine Group to explore their options in late 2022.
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Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
26 May 2026
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
12 June 2026
But only in one of those years did the measure get the needed two-thirds supermajority, so the matter languished.
—
Peter Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
But only in one of those years did the measure get the needed two-thirds supermajority, so the matter languished.
—
ABC News,
10 June 2026
The House's effort to circumvent leadership on support for Ukraine comes as bipartisan legislation in the Senate to impose new economic sanctions on Russia has languished for more than a year, with senators waiting for a green light from the White House.
—
Caitlin Yilek,
CBS News,
5 June 2026
The election bill has languished in the Senate for months, after the House passed a version in February on a near party-line vote.
—
Miles Parks,
NPR,
4 June 2026
Over most of the past 27 years, Dolan has been directly responsible for many bad trades, the hiring of incompetent front office personnel and even the expulsion from Madison Square Garden of fan favorite Charles Oakley, all while the team languished near the bottom of the standings year after year.
—
Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
28 May 2026
The old way of doing business resulted in low satisfaction scores across agencies and in security flaws as old infrastructure languished, Edinger said.
—
Nick Coltrain,
Denver Post,
27 May 2026
Manchester United shares languished at $13 and below its 2012 IPO price but more than doubled on hopes of a sale when the Glazers hired Raine Group to explore their options in late 2022.
—
Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
26 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for languished
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By the time the Giants jumped to a 2-0 lead in Tuesday’s second inning over West Sacramento’s A’s, the protestors had faded from the plaza.
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Election betting was common until the 1940s, then mysteriously faded away.
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The decision weakened the federal Voting Rights Act’s protections against racially discriminatory redistricting.
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Brexit’s tortuous complexity weakened governance and led to parliamentary deadlock.
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From there, however, his scoring pace sagged somewhat down the stretch of Frölunda’s season.
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Weiss had initially sought to reinvent the CBS Evening News, dropping a two-anchor format that had sagged in the ratings.
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In the 33rd minute, a Dutch corner kick went awry.
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The Cubs, who have won six of seven, went 7-0 against the Mets this season, outscoring them 51-24.
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On their first two trips to the property, the enormity of the task at hand—and their utter naiveté in taking it on—sank in.
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The study said the debris could have come from a foreign ship that sank—given the lack of information from the Russian side, who could say?
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Morocco lost a pair of 1-0 games before tying Spain but failed to get out of the group stage.
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Despite his storied career, Messi failed to score a goal at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
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“Languished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/languished. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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