stagnant
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Advice NI's head of Money, Debt and Quality, Sinéad Campbell, says that stagnant wages and rising costs are pushing more people into debt.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
That was down 46% from 2022 and the lowest level since 2013, when construction was stagnant following the subprime mortgage bust.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
Inflation at three-year highs, rising energy prices, and stagnant wages are delaying stronger sales growth for home improvement retailers.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra has ascended and she remained stagnant in polls following Swalwell’s exit, Porter has increasingly sought to redeem her image.
From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026
He could smell the foaming flood water, stagnant and ripe with the rotting debris it carried past each village, sucking up their sewage, their waste, the dead animals.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
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