indecision

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“Many of these individuals are effectively prisoners of bureaucratic incompetence, inaction, and indecision, held in place not by law, but by a system that has failed to move.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

But it doesn’t and the real victim of the indecision is Powell, who is rarely given a reaction to play.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

Once Rangers made it 2-1, Celtic had nothing left, only more indecision, more doubt and more tactical switches that defied logic.

From BBC • Jan. 3, 2026

More recently, November registered another doji, a pattern that can also display fatigue and rising indecision after an extended move.

From Barron's • Dec. 19, 2025

A moment of indecision passed while the two men stared at each other.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy