stagnant
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Polls show a majority of Greenlanders rank the stagnant economy among their main concerns.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 20, 2026
It’s a thorny thicket that can keep us stagnant at the pivotal moments requiring the most courage.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 18, 2026
Higher mortgage rates are further dampening an already stagnant housing market.
From MarketWatch β Sep. 16, 2026
Mars is commonly classified as a "stagnant lid" planet because, unlike Earth, its outer shell is not divided into moving tectonic plates.
From Science Daily β Sep. 4, 2026
It choked him like weeds and rot and colonies of vermin, clogging and staining him, stagnant and fetid, so that nothing so noble as love, or—gods above—forgiveness, could ever claim space in him.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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