languished

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The women and their children -- all Australian citizens -- landed on Thursday evening after securing passage from Syrian refugee camps where they have languished since the Islamic State group's demise.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

But he said the company's stock price had "languished" due to issues unrelated to the performance of its music business, which could all be "addressed with this transaction".

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

That lawsuit, which languished in court for five years, included a class-action component and accumulated several hundred plaintiffs.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

“In fact, Secretary Noem’s review process was specifically designed to break through bureaucratic red tape and expedite funding requests that had previously languished for years under prior administrations.”

From Salon • Mar. 4, 2026

While Vavilov and other geneticists languished in prison, Lysenko’s supporters launched a vigorous campaign to discredit genetics as a science.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee