sluggish
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Prime Minister Petteri Orpo's right-wing government has prioritised attracting data centre investments to the Nordic country, which is grappling with record-high unemployment and sluggish economic growth.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
The finding supports the picture of T. rex as an active predator or scavenger with a relatively fast metabolism rather than a sluggish animal that depended heavily on basking in the sun.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
UCLA’s offense got off to a sluggish start against San Diego State, but its defense never buckled and the Bruins eventually earned a lopsided win.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Meanwhile, most other stock and bond indexes are sluggish, flat or down.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
This time she glided into a little bay where the current was sluggish, and tied up to what she thought was a willow.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
Vocabulary lists containing sluggish
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Unit 1: Telling Details
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