languishing
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Reports that the Walt Disney Company is poised to lay off thousands of workers didn’t seem to move the needle for its languishing stock on Tuesday.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026
Its stock-market value, too, was languishing at a large discount to book, and even below the value of its goodwill.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Sir Ed has been under pressure this week to set out bolder policies, with his party languishing in fourth or fifth place in national opinion polls.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
While downtown Los Angeles is languishing, Burbank is booming.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
So many of my people today are languishing in refugee camps, belonging to no country, always in limbo.
From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana
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