vegetate
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He used to come home from a hard practice and vegetate on the couch, shattered by exhaustion.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 25, 2025
Made up of local efforts across 11 countries, it has reached just 16% of its overall goal to vegetate 150 million hectares.
From Science Magazine • Feb. 11, 2021
During her many spells in hospital she didn't want to sit on her bed and "vegetate."
From BBC • Nov. 28, 2020
Birds arrive and leave droppings that help vegetate the future dunes.
From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2011
So mostly I just vegetate in the basement and pick my navel, to quote Grim, Mr. Belly Button Lint himself.
From "Freak The Mighty" by Rodman Philbrick
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