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Noun
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Early signs of canine parvovirus in dogs include lethargy, lack of appetite and fever, PetMD said.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
28 Apr. 2026 -
This risk is when this carefulness crosses over into lethargy.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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To succeed for the GOP, the map requires both 2024’s Democratic and independent voter apathy and 2022’s swing to the right by independents.—
Daniel A. Smith,
The Conversation,
30 Apr. 2026
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Experts say the participation rate in local races stands in contrast to the broader apathy felt toward the Palestinian Authority.—
SAM METZ,
Arkansas Online,
26 Apr. 2026
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The Cuban model isn’t working, and its allies—China, Russia, and the pragmatic wing of Latin American progressivism—seem to have grown tired of the government’s inertia.—
Carlos Manuel Alvarez,
Time,
24 Apr. 2026
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In space, only inertia causes objects to move.—
Chelsea Gohd,
Space.com,
20 Apr. 2026
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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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The rapid growth of AI data centers is simply forcing us to reckon with many years of indolence.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
22 Apr. 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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Europe’s lassitude is heightened by internal divisions.—
HENRY FARRELL,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Aug. 2025
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As something of a companion piece to More, Jacques Deray’s summer thriller La Piscine is a far more dramatic and insidious tale of tropical desire, lassitude, and violence.—
Erik Morse,
Vogue,
26 June 2025
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These rapid blood sugar spikes and dips can drain you of your energy, leading to sluggishness, irritability, and increased hunger.—
Kristen Gasnick,
Verywell Health,
21 Apr. 2026
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One aspect of California’s economic sluggishness is an outflow of workers due to its sky-high living costs.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Score another point for laziness.—
Nathan Edwards,
The Verge,
26 Apr. 2026
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The issue isn’t laziness or indifference.—
Allison Palmer,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Apr. 2026
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