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torpid

[tawr-pid] / ˈtɔr pɪd /


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Today’s best drone will be obsolete by the time it rolls off torpid Western production lines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Finally, after three torpid days, this Test exploded into life.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2025

But the pathogen’s ability to remain infectious during torpid and active states is an important addition to this story.

From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2024

In situations like these, there are defining moments along the way that set off alarm bells, but these clarion calls were left mostly unmet by a torpid international community.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 27, 2023

Great stretches of the long grass, once the teeming jungle of summer, were almost deserted, with only a hurrying beetle or a torpid spider left out of all the myriads of August.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams




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