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Noun
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Craig the dog Anti-Cruelty Society Pet owners should also be on the watch for signs of hypothermia — including shivering, lethargy, and cold ears and paws.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
22 Jan. 2026 -
According to the American Cancer Society, symptoms of Hodgkin lymphoma include swollen lymph nodes, which can cause pain when drinking, fever, night sweats and feelings of lethargy.—
Vanessa Etienne,
PEOPLE,
21 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The tension between human need and the superior power of machine apathy has always been part of HEALTH’s music.—
Sadie Sartini Garner,
Pitchfork,
21 Jan. 2026
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At the same time, many progressive church leaders, facing dwindling congregations and general public apathy, have become more careful about appearing partisan in any way, which has allowed right-wing Christian nationalism to define the conversation about religion and politics.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2026
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Detailed in a recent paper, the robot is built around the HybridLeg mechanism, a novel approach that combines serial and parallel structures to deliver six degrees of freedom per leg while maintaining low inertia and a large workspace.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Jan. 2026
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Designed for gravity flow, the building minimizes pumping and energy use, relying instead on natural temperature regulation and thermal inertia from surrounding soils.—
Emily Cappiello,
Forbes.com,
16 Jan. 2026
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No wilting languor on this veranda — for that matter, no veranda either — just ferocity, desperation, and, of course, brutal desire.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
4 Dec. 2025
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The area induces a certain languor, and this languor is the connective tissue that gives it coherence.—
Johny Pitts,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Nov. 2025
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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
Noun
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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
Noun
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The question, then, is whether the sluggishness of the business, the suffering of union members and threats on the horizon might dissuade either side from playing hardball — or whether recent events will embolden one or the other.—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Jan. 2026
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That means less oxygen reaching your brain—and more sluggishness.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Time,
18 Dec. 2025
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Yet, Gen Z’s defiance may not be about laziness.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
23 Jan. 2026
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Friends and family suspect drugs, laziness or bad moral character.—
Kat McGowan,
NPR,
31 Dec. 2025
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“Supineness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supineness. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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