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lumbering

[luhm-ber-ing] / ˈlʌm bər ɪŋ /


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Other risks include all the likely complications of combining two lumbering banks with distinct cultures and clienteles in different geographies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026

Costing A$136,000, the artwork represents a mythical megafauna, with the sculpture's designers inspired by an ancient marsupial ant-eater found in local caves that was "massive, lumbering and fascinating".

From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026

In between takes, I’d see this big lumbering monster taking photos with his little camera, which was incredible.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2025

Part of Melissa's punch stems from its slow pace: it is lumbering along slower than most people walk, at just three miles per hour or less.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2025

Cal stood smiling in the dark for he thought of Tom Meek lumbering up, saying, “Hello, Cal. What you up to?”

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck




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