stagnation
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A shift from stagnation to layoffs will threaten already shaky balance sheets — and consumer spending.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026
Their obsession with loyalty and often-imagined conspiracies ended with purges of some of the UFW’s most dynamic leaders and organizing stagnation, even as field hands continued to labor under abysmal conditions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
The widespread assumption of stagnation in the second half is being defied with Q3 heading for 0.6 to 0.8%.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
L'Oreal said Thursday its third quarter sales rose by double digits as the French cosmetics giant appeared to have dodged the stagnation affecting much of the luxury industry.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
Some of the sick lie without motion, suffering an entire stagnation of the fluids.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
Vocabulary lists containing stagnation
"Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King, Jr. (1963)
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President Trump's First State of The Union Address (2018)
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