languished

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Their stocks have languished this year, because there aren’t clear rules in PJM about how the companies can sell their power to tech companies, who want it for their data centers.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

But he said the company's stock price had "languished" due to issues unrelated to the performance of its music business, which could all be "addressed with this transaction".

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

Sometimes it gets old: A number of established dual-class companies have languished in the past decade under family control, including Tyson Foods, J.M.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

That lawsuit, which languished in court for five years, included a class-action component and accumulated several hundred plaintiffs.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

Out of sight, Francis Gary Powers languished in a small cell measuring eight by fifteen feet, deep inside Lubyanka Prison in central Moscow.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau