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inertia

[in-ur-shuh, ih-nur-] / ɪnˈɜr ʃə, ɪˈnɜr- /


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Inertia is the easiest and most likely choice in any polity, and sometimes not even a crisis is enough to dislodge a dysfunctional status quo.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

Lowerson said in an interview with the Inertia that she entered the Huntington Beach contest to have fun.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2024

Inertia is a property of humanity, and it hurts people.

From Salon • Dec. 30, 2021

Dr. Thorpe does not relish the idea of a divorce, and the pair drone on in limbo, paralyzed by those twin gods of failing matrimony, Fear and Inertia.

From New York Times • Dec. 22, 2016

Inertia is--must be--a basic attribute of matter, and surely cannot be done away with without destroying the matter itself.

From Triplanetary by Smith, E. E. (Edward Elmer)




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