stagnate
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Schusser said Apple also hoped to promote new and upcoming bands who might otherwise struggle to make headway, as people's listening habits stagnate.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Whether he takes a wrecking ball to it or lets it stagnate, the Kennedy Center threatens to become his latest victim.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
GM’s strategy is getting tested as U.S. industry vehicle sales stagnate amid historically high vehicle prices and economic uncertainty.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
“That means once investors make an allocation it is reasonable to see that it will stagnate for a while causing volatility with lower volumes of shares traded,” he said in emailed comments.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
Without standardized materials and methods, they worried that the field of tissue culture would stagnate.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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“Decoupling seller profit from buyer satisfaction impedes economic growth and slows innovation. Buyer surplus stagnates and inflation accelerates.”
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 6, 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
The river stagnates, pestilent With carrion by the current sent This way and that—and yonder lies The moon, just like a woman dead, That they have smothered overhead, Deep in the skies.
From Poems of Emile Verhaeren by Emile Verhaeren
The French economy had already stagnated in the second quarter after contracting by 0.2 percent in the first.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
While inflation rates have been increasing this year, the rates on many high-yield savings accounts have largely stagnated.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
He tells me he'd tried diets in the past which worked for the first stone and then "stagnated".
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 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
Back in Detroit, the labor war had stagnated, with each side accusing the other of failing to communicate.
From "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom
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But it has struggled to thrive in recent years amid fierce competition from online giants like Amazon, with sales stagnating.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 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
One thing they do agree on: The size of the workforce has been stagnating for months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
In 2022, Peltz’s firm said it was exploring an acquisition or another potential deal for the business with sales stagnating and shares depressed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 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
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