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going slowly



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Tensions between the U.S. and Venezuela remain high, while Russia-Ukraine peace talks are going slowly, he adds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

John Barlow said he spotted the Audi going slowly in the outside lane of the M62 near Leeds on Saturday.

From BBC • Sep. 5, 2022

Then, he uses a screen reader to read each sentence aloud, going slowly because the reader often doesn’t recognize complicated scientific terms.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 16, 2022

“Now they’re going slowly and preparing fortifications, something more for a long war.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2022

Malcolm and Asta walked all round it in little more than a minute, and that was going slowly.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman