inaction

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Glassman said the medical examiner’s update does not affect the civil case, which is about the district’s inaction in protecting a child in distress.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

Last year, after years of inaction, Germany reluctantly relaxed its strict constitutional borrowing limits to bolster investment in defence and infrastructure.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

That’s because the best course of action in many situations is to do nothing, and investors’ use of AI biases them toward action over inaction.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

This includes any "grossly negligent action or inaction of individuals", it said.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

“Sirs, while I would liefer commend the nobility of restraint, here must I endorse rather the vigor of lively opposition, lest, peradventure, we find that inaction is in itself the occasion of profligacy.”

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson