dormant
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The club went somewhat dormant, but has been reinvigorated in recent years by Rob Makros, a retired Air Force pilot who has several friends who are alive because of their ejection seats.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
"It had laid dormant for 20 years and we've all developed these fatal diseases."
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
"The cancer cells are really encapsulated within these areas of macrophages and fibroblasts that we think act as shields for these dormant cancer cells," said Maria.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
The case sat dormant for about a year, before Flores filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the city in L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
“Hopefully they’ll go dormant for a while. We should only need a minute or so to punch in the code.”
From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner
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