languish for
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Nathan Hochman had let the case languish for nearly his entire first year in office.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
In urban emergency rooms, admitted patients frequently languish for hours, sometimes even days, and occasionally in hallways, before they are moved onto inpatient floors.
From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2023
Yet unlike the Ukrainians, these refugees are forced to languish for years in inhumane, slum-like camps, while their children are denied schooling.
From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2022
He and other labour activists allege that in many industrial accidents, cases languish for years while the accused are released on bail.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2022
When I am in that country I want to get out of it, and when I am out of it I languish for its heavy air.
From The Letters of Henry James (volume I) by Henry James
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