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Despite two judges’ clearly worded decisions in his favour, Mr Mata still languishes inside one of the toughest prisons in the world: El Salvador’s notorious Cecot, a super-max facility for the “confinement of terrorists”.

From BBC

But while federal legislation languishes, some states can do more.

India may be the fifth largest global economy at an aggregate level, but on a per person basis, it still languishes at the 140th rank.

From BBC

Lord Lytton, Byron's great-great-great-grandson, said the bronze, created in 1880 by sculptor Richard Belt, "languishes" in an isolated spot.

From BBC

As his classified documents case languishes in the hands of Florida’s Trump-appointed Judge Aileen Cannon, Smith filed a new motion on Wednesday that argues Cannon is pushing a “fundamentally flawed legal premise” that has nothing to do with the indictment of Donald Trump.

From Slate

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