Scar then proceeds to desolate the kingdom, with the help of hyenas, while Simba, in exile, grows up to become a pleasure-hunting, grub-eating sluggard.
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Anthony Lane,
The New Yorker,
19 July 2019
Clearly, supervision at your job is lax, and your sluggard classmate is taking advantage of that.
—
Kwame Anthony Appiah,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2017
Diaz was no slouch, as many who remember him can attest.
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Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
But her opponents for the nomination are no slouches: Lyonne is a five-time nominee, including acting nods for Russian Doll, Orange Is the New Black, and, two years ago, the first season of Poker Face.
His discoveries promise to upset the gaming tables of every school of thought that wagers on new and untested art for idlers’ rewards: the love of novelty, the will to make or unmake reputations, the wish to be hip or au courant.
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Mark Greif,
Harper's Magazine,
26 July 2024
Their name exudes the essence of an idler and slacker, but women’s loafers themselves are quite the opposite.
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