stagnate

So, when they’re not eating, things in the digestive tract stagnate.

Don’t those big plans look tempting now, as New York—and the nation—struggles to construct vital infrastructure from high-speed rail and subways to wind farms and transmission lines, and cities stagnate under a blanket of restrictive zoning, cynically deployed environmental law, and suburban community control?

“Without some sort of intervention the situation will likely stagnate,” the email said.

She takes full responsibility for her actions, she said, but has “accepted that I haven’t been forgiven and I can no longer let it stagnate me emotionally because it may never happen and my life needs to move forward.”

As improvements in representation once again stagnate, 2020 initiatives come to naught and inclusive films and TV series are canceled, shelved or removed from streaming, it’s easy to read Hollywood’s stated commitment to diversity as a form of public relations, intended to diffuse dissent rather than stimulate progress.