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He also says that, while IBM itself prepurchased $600 million in hardware to get ahead of price increases, it isn’t financially prudent for companies to continue buying hardware, only to have it languish in inventory.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

Places like Wigan - in Greater Manchester, Burnham's stronghold - often languish next to the bigger cities in whose shadow they sit.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

It’s not all doom and gloom in the software sector, as some high-profile stocks have posted standout gains this year while their peers languish.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026

“Unnecessary delays or cases that languish in the system can undermine both due process and access to justice,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026

Most academic analyses of this sort tend to languish, unread, on a dusty library shelf.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

Official readouts and state media reports have not said whether Xi and Kim discussed North Korea's nuclear weapons development, for which Pyongyang languishes under international sanctions.

From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026

Tortora, meanwhile, languishes in squalid jail cells and a country with only a casual regard for habeas corpus.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026

Jenner is likely taking a significant financial hit on the property as it languishes on the market.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 17, 2026

Discovery has attracted interest from activist shareholders as the company’s stock languishes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2025

What can be the reason that all flourishes there, and all languishes here?

From Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men by Mrs. (Anna) Jameson

Yet meaningful, comprehensive control of AI both on the battlefield and off has languished, largely because trust between governments and understanding of the technology and its risks is lacking, Russell said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

Bloom, a fuel-cell producer, is a member of the Russell 2000, where it languished for several years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

Ackman had praised Universal’s CEO Lucian Grainge, saying the company’s stock price had languished for reasons unrelated to its performance in the music business.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026

His Palm Beach compound languished for six years and required $22 million in price cuts before it was sold, while his sprawling Oyster Bay compound on Long Island was recently taken off the market.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026

All of its members, not just those like Benjamin Franklin and Alexander Hamilton with famously impoverished origins, would have languished in obscurity in England or France.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

Germany and the Netherlands are languishing around 50%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

The club he loves are languishing in the third division of Spanish football - and one thing is on his mind.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

While downtown Los Angeles is languishing, Burbank is booming.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026

In 2025, SoftBank bought a 2% stake for $2 billion while the chip maker was in trouble and its shares were languishing at $23.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026

After I said, Over a century, languishing in chains, Dare I now hope for freedom from my woes?

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez