as in sluggishly
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Adverb
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Verstappen qualified second but stalled at the start, falling to last place as his car moved sluggishly.—
Sahil Kapur,
NBC news,
7 June 2026 -
The Knicks came out of halftime sluggishly, falling behind by 13 points in the third quarter.—
Alejandro Avila,
FOXNews.com,
4 June 2026
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Further up, life was slowly starting to return downtown with the grounds of the national palace once more serving as the seat of the government after years of being off-limits due to the violence.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
17 June 2026
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The area where a coach’s fingerprints are most evident is on special teams, and Vegas’ power play slowly deteriorated down the stretch.—
Jesse Granger,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
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The extent to which anybody else is aware of the time-loop is ambiguous; the ship’s skipper is an elderly man with no memory of his name, and at times it’s implied that the town has deliberately trapped these men.—
Sam Bodrojan,
IndieWire,
17 June 2026
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Jackson called the allegations knowingly false and deliberately timed to damage him among conservative voters as polling showed the race tightening.—
Christopher Harris,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
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“Lingeringly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lingeringly. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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