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The housing market itself is one problem, as sales of existing homes, a key driver of improvement spending, stagnate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

Don Was, musician and producer: In life, as exemplified by music, if you don’t change, you stagnate.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2026

Potential AI growth is especially important for Circle in this environment, as the traditional use for stablecoins—crypto trading—has continued to stagnate.

From Barron's ● May 10, 2026

As I have written elsewhere, this was the pivotal decade when American culture began to stagnate.

From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2026

Their assignment was to stagnate and live in the past.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

Today, they’re deeply frustrated with the results as the gaming industry stagnates and consumers face higher prices on everything from memory to storage drives and graphics cards.

From MarketWatch ● May 23, 2026

The result could be a "stagflationary shock of pretty large magnitude" - where inflation goes up and growth stagnates, Arvind Subramanian, India's former chief economic adviser, told India Today TV channel.

From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2026

Last year's emissions cuts were driven by falls in energy-intensive industries, many of which are struggling as the economy stagnates, and record solar power generation.

From Barron's ● Jan. 7, 2026

As growth in pizza sales stagnates, competition between restaurants has intensified.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2026

Vermin and dust get into the tank, and the water stagnates.

From The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI) by Kenelm Winslow

Heavy responsibility will lie with loan signing Alejandro Garnacho, whose career has stagnated, while hopes are high for Brazil midfielder Joao Gomes, who was signed from Wolves for £38m.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

The city’s vouchers for the Community Cat Program have stagnated compared with vouchers for individuals with pets, Naitaki said, leading to explosive kitten seasons like this year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

Ireland’s economy returned to growth in the three months through June, boosting hopes for a pickup across the eurozone as a whole, where activity stagnated in the first quarter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

The property crisis drags on and home prices have stagnated, dissuading would-be buyers.

From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026

Even as mobility seems to have stagnated, the ranks of the elite are opening.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

The company’s core “flywheel” business model—leveraging compelling characters from Disney’s marquee films into merchandise sales and theme park attractions—was stagnating.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

However, since early July oil prices have been "creeping upwards until the middle of the month then stagnating".

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026

Currently, stocks of hyperscalers at the front end of the AI boom are stagnating with falls in free cash flow, while chips, infrastructure providers and optical networking gain.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026

Some are concerned that AI could worsen what’s called a “K-shaped” economy, in which the rich see growth and most other people struggle with stagnating opportunities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026

He did, however, drink water, and the area reeked of urine stagnating in the toilet bowl.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover