languish

Hunter said: "We know that excess mortality happens when you languish on a hospital trolley."

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

Local activists told a different story: It was kids’ prolonged isolation from their families that caused them to languish.

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026

The last thing she expected was for it to languish on the market for four months and counting, specifically because of the data center being built behind it.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026

The division is under pressure to show quick results, but it has struggled to recruit prosecutors and has been slowed by an internal turf war that has caused some promising investigations to languish.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Not all inmates can be helped, but some can, and it’s foolish to let them languish.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

As a slideshow prepared by an executive explained, “We thrive in the valley of death,” the term for the bureaucratic gap where research languishes without being developed into a product.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

When companies purchased via buyout funds cannot be sold on, investor capital languishes in such funds for years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

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

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

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 17, 2026

The one thrives and arrives at perfection, whilst the other languishes and dies.

From Martyria or Andersonville Prison by Augustus C. Hamlin

Nepalis have complained that some Chinese-linked projects have languished, while others, such as Pokhara International Airport, have been mired in corruption.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

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

He languished with Memphis and Washington after consistently contributing to playoff runs with Boston.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

A series of rate hikes by Bank Indonesia have eased some of the pressure on the rupiah recently, but it is only just off the record lows it has languished at in recent months.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

The Council of Elders languished in prison, and new council members were elected by popular vote.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill

United are currently languishing in 16th place, with their only league win against Ipswich on 30 August, and are without a win in all competitions since 10 September.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 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

A “negative output gap, a languishing labor market, soft real income growth and unambiguously restrictive monetary policy should alleviate concerns around sticky underlying inflation in the U.K.,” von Ahlen argues.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026

“He raced ahead of all his men to see her face the sooner, only to be left languishing whilst she ate lamb and figs with some dried-up old woman.”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin