torpid
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Today’s best drone will be obsolete by the time it rolls off torpid Western production lines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Finally, after three torpid days, this Test exploded into life.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2025
But the pathogen’s ability to remain infectious during torpid and active states is an important addition to this story.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2024
In situations like these, there are defining moments along the way that set off alarm bells, but these clarion calls were left mostly unmet by a torpid international community.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 27, 2023
And then there were huge bright yellow ones, twice as big, and torpid, so waxy and fat that they bowed down the grasses when they landed.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
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