dormant
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For example, dormant viruses that remain inactive for years can become active again when the immune system weakens with age, leading to conditions such as shingles.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
They tried, implying guilt-through-association, to rope Becerra into the scandal involving his former aides who embezzled from a dormant campaign account.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
The clustering of short positions presents “a dormant risk of a bullish short-covering” although “it may require a bullish catalyst to ignite upside potential,” he adds.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026
Growth, margins, demand and investment all signal operational and earnings momentum, while questions still persist as to whether the boom-and-bust cyclicality has been eradicated for good or simply lies dormant.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026
The hunger, always there, had been somewhat controlled and dormant when there was nothing to eat but with the eggs came the scream to eat.
From "Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen
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