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Adjective
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After a sluggish start, UM used a dominant finish to the first half to take a lead and carried that momentum over en route to a 38-10 win over the Syracuse Orange on Saturday at Hard Rock Stadium.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
8 Nov. 2025 -
The country has been enduring sluggish consumer spending, alongside a prolonged downturn in the property sector.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
7 Nov. 2025
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August has been particularly strong for small caps, which are up nearly 10% so far, making investors think that this laggard index may finally come back to life.—
Jeff Kilburg,
CNBC,
29 Aug. 2025
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Bush’s father, President George H.W. Bush, came under fire in 1992 for his laggard response to Andrew in Florida, a Category 5 hurricane with winds that reached 165 mph, shortly before his reelection contest against Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton.—
Julian Zelizer,
CNN,
30 Sep. 2022
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In Vince Gilligan’s first new television project since Better Call Saul and the larger Breaking Bad universe, scenes unfold naturalistically, with characters performing tasks in real time, uncut and unhurried.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
7 Nov. 2025
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In Turks and Caicos, this unhurried patience became my rhythm on land, too.—
Vanita Salisbury,
AFAR Media,
6 Nov. 2025
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Reporting meant hours of conversation in the car; room for asking the same questions over and over; the gradual diminishment of one’s embarrassment about being ignorant or uncertain; a dilatory attitude of quiet listening and watching; the possibility of misunderstandings resolved.—
Joshua Rothman,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
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He can’t be blamed for the agency’s dilatory response to problems at the plant.—
The Editorial Board,
WSJ,
25 May 2022
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What truly hampers Regretting You is its inescapable unoriginality, its plodding, uninventive, unthoughtful attempts at swoon and heartbreak.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Oct. 2025
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Occasionally, as in the obscurity of Legion’s later episodes or the plodding pace of some Fargo plots, this approach can verge on self-indulgence.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
5 Aug. 2025
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Drew and Lucy Moore lived on Sylvan, past the green house with all the dogs, in a poky little Queen Anne fixer-upper on a half lot.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Oct. 2025
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The movie won seven Oscars, including Best Picture, and did well at the box office despite a poky pace and a three-hour running time.—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
17 Sep. 2025
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Her voice, languid and honeyed, can glide over sensual R&B, bouncing reggaetón, shimmering pop or nostalgic jazz.—
Isabela Raygoza,
Billboard,
16 Oct. 2025
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One-sided, slightly tipping top-handle bags emerged as well as mesh and net bags, also supporting the more languid fluid rtw looks.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Ultraslow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ultraslow. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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