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Noun
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Becker advises watching for excessive licking, especially of the paws, drooling, skin irritation, or unusual lethargy.—
Jessica Safavimehr,
Southern Living,
11 Apr. 2026 -
Officers on the scene noted clear signs of impairment, notably lethargy, bloodshot eyes, and difficulty with sobriety tests, despite a breathalyzer showing no alcohol.—
Rowan Fisher-Shotton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Some over‑the‑counter products that can pose risks include certain antihistamines, commonly found in allergy and cold remedies, nighttime sleep aids, motion sickness medications, and cough syrups, which can induce sleepiness or slow down cognitive function.—
Amanda Greenwood,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2026
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Other possibilities include another severe sleep disorder called idiosyncratic hypersomnia, as well as other conditions where people experience sleepiness or executive function problems during the day and poor sleep at night, Lilly CEO Dave Ricks said in an interview with CNBC.—
Angelica Peebles,
CNBC,
31 Mar. 2026
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The sluggishness of recent months is beginning to lift, and April arrives with a welcome surge of momentum and physical energy.—
Kirah Tabourn,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Mar. 2026
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Still, even Nvidia fans are prepared for the stock’s sluggishness to persist.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
16 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Others mistakenly describe these acts as flakiness, disobedience, laziness, or personal failure in the absence of context.—
Gretchen Wittenmyer-Stone,
Kansas City Star,
10 Apr. 2026
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The unconventional approach drew immediate attention across social media, where fans debated whether the artistic choice was a clever homage, or simple laziness.—
Claire Dodds,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2026
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At the center, there is Springsteen, with a world-weariness in his speeches that is in no way mirrored in his performance level, which would feel spirited and energized for a man of half his 76 years.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
10 Apr. 2026
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Manuel Bonilla brings a contrasting energy as New Art, infusing the role with youthful optimism that plays against Old Art’s weariness.—
Michelle F. Solomon,
Miami Herald,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Trump’s steamrolling of anything, including the Constitution, that might impede his authoritarian project has made the limpness of the Democratic opposition more conspicuous.—
Mark Leibovich,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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As the camera glides in and around a roller-skating rink, where much of the action takes place, Decker and Shlesinger achieve and sustain a terrific balance of comic velocity and erotic languor.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
31 Jan. 2026
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Breaking Bad took place in the languor of suburbia and Better Call Saul in the corrupt organs of the legal system, but Vince Gilligan’s latest show Pluribus makes a home out of the stranger substrate of speculative sci-fi.—
Kat Chen,
Condé Nast Traveler,
29 Jan. 2026
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Part of his great accomplishment was to take the European aesthetic of beauty and redefine it for the South, with its heat and its billboards, its indolence and humor and thick nights.—
Hilton Als,
New Yorker,
24 Jan. 2026
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Some part of Baudelaire’s lifelong free-spending and indolence seems to be a direct rebellion against the man, if not outright Freudian jealousy—Charles was an unabashed mama’s boy.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Dec. 2025
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“Spiritlessness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spiritlessness. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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