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Adjective
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Club name Home Depot is another one that’s been hurt by sluggish housing activity.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
14 Aug. 2025 -
Most industry commentators attribute the sluggish hiring trends to the impact of artificial intelligence (AI).—
Anjana Susarla,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Collectively, beleaguered grids and logistical challenges means those sweaty nights and lethargic days risk becoming part and parcel of European summers.—
Taco Engelaar,
Fortune,
11 Aug. 2025
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Well, that came to an end in Game 5 as McDavid was slowed as part of a mostly lethargic pace throughout the night.—
Daniel Nugent-Bowman,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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The goal is to evolve The Really Useful Group from a sleepy theater company into an entertainment powerhouse with a hand in everything from gaming to movies to consumer products.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
13 Aug. 2025
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By the time morning arrives in the sleepy hamlet of Maybrook, Pennsylvania only one student, Alexy Lilly (Cary Christopher) remains.—
Josh Weiss,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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The white dwarf is the star's exposed and extremely hot (but inert) core.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
30 July 2025
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Otherwise praise is performance as progressive bills backed majorities of residents continue to die in the hands of our inert supermajority.—
Abdul Osmanu,
Hartford Courant,
30 July 2025
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When Luanne’s apathetic boyfriend, Buckley (David Herman), dies in a Mega Lo Mart explosion, Luanne struggles to move on.—
Daniel Dockery,
Vulture,
7 July 2025
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From the outside, this carelessness made the Sky look apathetic on offense for most of the second half, a characteristic of many losses this season.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2025
Adjective
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Khanna is one of a number of progressive congressional Democrats encouraged by the party to appear in red-district town halls in an attempt to rebut impressions that the party is quiescent in the face of Trump’s onslaught.—
Andrew Cockburn,
Harpers Magazine,
16 July 2025
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That means studying these high-speed outflows from this black hole could help scientists to discover how black hole eruptions transform galaxies from hubs of star birth to a more quiescent existence.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
23 June 2025
Adjective
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The DeWine administration cited driver safety as a catalyst for the project: officials noted that truck drivers who can't find a parking spot are known to drive drowsy or pull over to sleep in unsafe areas.—
Annie Goldman,
The Enquirer,
31 July 2025
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Yet the car will likely obey speed limits, never get drowsy or drunk and never rubberneck or give in to road rage.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
22 June 2025
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After two listless seasons, Wilson was replaced as the Jets’ starter in 2023 by future Hall of Famer Aaron Rodgers.—
Chris Perkins,
Sun Sentinel,
15 July 2025
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The Yankees dropped two games in a row after a listless loss to the Chicago Cubs on Sunday and face some significant questions about their infield defense and bullpen depth with just a few weeks to go before the trade deadline.—
Peter Chawaga,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 July 2025
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“Lazyish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lazyish. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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