languishing

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Meanwhile, Alec and Hilaria Baldwin’s Amagansett compound has been languishing on the market since 2022, when they listed it for $29 million.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

They have been languishing in highly-guarded camps since the group lost its territorial control in Syria after a years-long military campaign by the US-led coalition and local allies.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

Yoon's wife, former first lady Kim Keon Hee, is also languishing in prison for unrelated corruption crimes.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

The American historian then announces that she has found the prized volume languishing in a monastery archive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

The ship slid by for what seemed like a mile, a mile of high, black canyon wall, a mile of castle fortification with not a single sentinel to notice us languishing in the moat.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel