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The Simpson Family The doctor said the time when a sinus infection becomes an emergency is when symptoms are changing rapidly, such as severe headaches, confusion, lethargy, decreased appetite and seizures.—
Jenna DeAngelis,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2026 -
Common endocarditis symptoms include fever, lethargy, fast heart rate or pulmonary symptoms such as a cough or shortness of breath.—
Emily Brindley
Health Reporter,
Dallas Morning News,
19 Mar. 2026
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The lack of a clear frontrunner reflects broader candidate disengagement and voter apathy rather than healthy political competition, with only four of eight Democratic candidates even appearing at a major housing panel just weeks before the primary.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Mar. 2026
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The impossibility of keeping up breeds apathy and stymies opposition.—
Steve Chapman,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Mar. 2026
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Larger tires increase rotational inertia and lengthen the lever arm between hub and road, forcing the braking system to work harder.—
Bryan Rogala,
Outside,
19 Mar. 2026
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The only thing that could work against it at this point is inertia—and enthusiasm for Sinners, a smash hit that picked up the most Oscar nominations this year and seems to engender a similar amount of love in the room at every industry event.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
13 Mar. 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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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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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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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
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Impulsivity can be seen as bad temper, disorganization as laziness, and difficulty maintaining attention as lack of interest.—
Deldhy Nicolás Moya Sánchez,
The Conversation,
16 Mar. 2026
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The top reason people resist showing themselves kindness, research has found, is the belief that self-compassion indicates laziness or self-indulgence.—
Nir Eyal,
CNBC,
10 Mar. 2026
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“Supineness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supineness. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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