slack
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His assistant coaches, mostly a group of his former Granada Hills players, have to pick up the slack sometimes with the subsequent practices early in the following week.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
"We do need to cut them a bit of slack because it takes time," she added.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
However, with labor market slack only gradually increasing, focus now turns to Wednesday’s U.S. inflation data, Deutsche Bank analysts say in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Indeed, he suggests, the Fed can respond to demand shocks with rate cuts “as long as slack is increasing and inflation pressures from wages are easing.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
Lala and her crew let the rope go slack, allowing the lifeless monster to slip into the water.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
The prototypical Gen Xer is resilient and cynical, a “latchkey kid” turned disaffected slacker, raised on MTV and limited parental supervision.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Ellis, meanwhile, has a nearly 14-year-old son who is in what she calls a “teenage, hormonal place” — not that dissimilar to Emily, who has three slacker teenagers obsessed with video games.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025
That realisation manifests in the lovestruck slacker rock of Dragonfly, and the finger-plucked Neptune Baby, with its refrain, "I'm a boat, and you are the water".
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2025
Some of the plot is just unnecessary padding, like Daniel’s girlfriend troubles and slacker mentality, spiking in an odd scene where he hysterically bemoans his own uselessness.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2024
“I don’t know what got into me,” the slacker says.
From "Every Day" by David Levithan
The UK has the slackest regulation of all EU members; other member states are much more stringent in their approach.
From The Guardian ● May 24, 2013
It was the most abstract and highly changeable concert I’ve seen this group perform, and also the slackest: inspired on one level, frustrating on another.
From New York Times ● Feb. 10, 2011
In the weeks before Christmas, when retail sales are usually at their highest, retailers were cutting prices as though it were slackest of seasons.
From Time Magazine Archive
Drew was allowed to indulge in that slackest kind of writing, the day-by-day journal.
From Time Magazine Archive
Reissiger had been the slackest of theatre conductors, the slackest of the slack old school.
From Richard Wagner Composer of Operas by John F. Runciman
A man representing Schlesinger, dressed in white slacks, polished loafers and a dark pinkish-red blazer stands at the edge of the pool, near its shadowy edges, staring down at the swimmer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026
A styling group stores troves of neutral tone crew and V-neck sweaters, button-down shirts, slacks and extra pairs of the Silver Lining Opticians “Carbon” glasses at an off-site building, current and former employees said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
Eugene Levert, chain-smoking next to a stack of books while wearing a vertical blue-striped button-down and khaki slacks, looked the scholarly mirror of Doug Lamplugh, in a horizontal blue-striped polo and khaki shorts.
From Slate ● May 4, 2026
The dads were in their after-work best: slacks and a sweater, some sort of brown shoe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026
I stare into the glazed eyes of a woman in a white blouse and black slacks.
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
As time elapsed, Sand’s rate of production never slacked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Much of the rest of the world, no doubt, slacked its collective jaw, and many American servicemen and servicewomen must have been ashamed.
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2025
Speaking to the press, he said: "I've given my heart and soul. I can't think there'll be too many cricket fans out there who would think I've slacked off for a moment."
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2023
It's not as if Eigenberg ever slacked off in maintaining his physique; he also plays a main role in "Chicago Fire."
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2023
The stern lines were slacked off, and Telemakhos commanded: “Rig the mast; make sail!”
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
I’ve heard it repeatedly from experts: The greatest risk of working out alone is bad form, leading to inefficient movement, slacking off and higher chance of injury.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 4, 2026
With her apartment a flood zone and her landlord slacking off on the maintenance, Linda and her daughter are forced to live at a nearby hotel.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2025
Florida’s experience isn’t an endorsement of slacking at the start of the year, something the Washington Capitals learned from their playoff streak ending.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 1, 2023
Almost across the board, inflation showed few signs of slacking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2022
So when the coach would suggest that I was slacking off, I wouldn’t say much, I’d just get back on the strip and do my best.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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