languished

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As the stock languished in penny-stock territory around the end of 2024, insurgent squads of space enthusiasts huddled in scattered corners of the internet.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

Barron’s wrote favorably on Goldman in 2023 when it traded at book value, and in 2020, when the stock languished around $200.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Former state controller Betty Yee — who languished at the bottom of the polls — held on for a few more weeks before calling it quits.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

The potential of iron-nitride magnets was discovered in the 1950s, but the technology languished for decades because it was hard to create enough magnetic material at scale.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

So Ah got up on de high stool lak she told me, but Pheoby, Ah done nearly languished tuh death up dere.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston