stagnate
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GM, Ford and Toyota have said they are planning for new-car sales to stagnate or shrink this year, as prospective buyers stay on the sidelines of the market.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 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
As I have written elsewhere, this was the pivotal decade when American culture began to stagnate.
From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026
The mayor of London has been told to "get a handle" on the capital's housing crisis as progress on building affordable homes continued to stagnate.
From BBC • Nov. 16, 2025
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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