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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

Inertia isn’t tolerated by fan bases, especially when their division competitors — the Dodgers and San Francisco Giants — are signing big names and holding splashy press conferences.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2024

Inertia is potent in a country where the trains run on time, everyone has access to health care and, now, an initially slow Covid-19 vaccine rollout has started to surpass those of other wealthy countries.

From New York Times • Sep. 28, 2021

Inertia may be enough to keep a statue in the ground, but it’s not going to make anybody care about the president on that statue.

From Salon • Feb. 6, 2016

Now Inertia is the first enemy of the soul.

From Child and Country A Book of the Younger Generation by Comfort, Will Levington




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