stagnating

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He soon began to hit Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on some of the city’s most intractable problems, including street homelessness and the stagnating entertainment industry.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Yet we have an economy seemingly trapped in low growth, high debt and stagnating real incomes with voters feeling the bitter reality of a cost-of-living crisis.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

Households’ inflation-adjusted incomes have doubled on average since the 1990s, after stagnating during the 1970s and ’80s under high taxation, Fölster noted.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

But these days, stagnating wages, youth unemployment and a years-long property crisis are making consumers rethink their spending.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 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