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Hidden in parks, woodlands and nature reserves, species ranging from the bright-red fly agaric to the rare red cage fungus can be found by anyone willing to slow down and take a closer look.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
Now I try to slow down all complicated or heated electronic correspondence for at least a day, sometimes a weekend.
From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026
Under pressure from the US, Rodriguez enacted an amnesty law in February, though the rate of releases has been slow.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
Indonesian exports could slow in the second half, due to weaker global demand and prices for coal, crude palm oil and nickel coinciding with tighter domestic supply, RHB economist Wong Xian Yong said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
The world relaxed into a slow, steady beat, like the drip of an icicle on a cold, cloudy day.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
Chancellor John Healey is due to give his first Budget on 28 October, but faces rising debt costs and warnings of slower economic growth.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
Instead of wide postwar boulevards, roads would become slower and leaner, transforming Long Beach into a top-five global cycling city, said former city traffic engineer Paul Van Dyk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Used-car prices rose as well, albeit slower, to an average of $27,239.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
Tobacco companies have long complained that the agency’s review process is much slower than the roughly six months mandated by Congress.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Then the notes grew slower and soft and it was like she was sinking down slowly into the dark ground.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
China's retail sales grew last month at their slowest pace since May, official data showed on Tuesday, as the country's leaders struggle to reverse a persistent slump in spending.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
The private payroll firm ADP reported earlier this week that businesses added 38,000 jobs in August, the slowest pace of job creation since January.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
August saw the slowest pace of job creation since January.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Consumer spending rose in July at the slowest pace in seven months, suggesting the U.S. economy lost a little steam after the end of the 2026 Word Cup and start of the third quarter.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
He hangs around the kitchen for a few more minutes, fixing himself the slowest peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwich in recorded history and keeping one eye on Samantha at all times.
From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass
Young workers in the US are also struggling with a tight jobs market, external as hiring slows.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
Released in August, the band’s most recent album, “Everything’s Falling,” is a snarling, noisy and melodic rock joyride that rarely, if ever, slows down.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
Officials also nudged up their projections for inflation and for the neutral rate, the setting that neither speeds up nor slows the economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
“If AI slows down, at some point that could reduce the demand for AI compute and the most impacted would be neoclouds, especially ones with leverage,” Luria said, referring to AI computing power.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
My heart slows a beat, and I see her freeze halfway, curling her fingers into her palm and lowering her hand.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
But the debate has shifted to safety in recent weeks, after security lapses sparked calls from some industry leaders for development of the technology to be slowed down.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
But the economy slowed during Covid and hasn't bounced back.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
The dinosaur ended up in a salty marsh, where conditions slowed decomposition and helped preserve the fragile network of blood vessels.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
The biggest source of inflation is services, and the rate of increase there has also slowed to close to prepandemic levels.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026
And as they started weaving and shuffling through a crowd of tourists, Roz slowed and stopped, and the robot crew continued on without her.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
Even when slowing for a yellow flag on the final lap caused a loss of turbo boost pressure and left him vulnerable on the run to the flag.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
"I don't think you'll see any slowing down."
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
ASLSP, moreover, reflects the magical unhurriedness the world craves, be it the slowing down of AI or turning down the volume on social media and politicians’ bully pulpits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
The automaker rivals ultrafast charging from BYD as automakers aim to entice buyers in China’s slowing market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
“No time to talk! No time to talk!” replied Duane, not stopping or even slowing.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
