lethargy
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The lethargy in the labor market is highly unusual by historical standards.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
“Thinking back to 2018, the worst part was the lethargy and not being able to keep food inside me,” he said in a news release.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
In addition to eye, skin and breathing problems, MMA exposure can cause headaches, coughing and lethargy, according to the EPA.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026
It could have been very different had Rangers not lifted themselves out of their lethargy after finding themselves behind to goals from Ben Broggio and Finn Yeats after only 26 minutes.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026
It was all an excuse to keep our lethargy a little busy.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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For the students from the Child School, who have varying forms of learning or social disabilities, the daring river exertion seemed to relieve them of whatever physical lethargies they had.
From New York Times ● May 21, 2011
Have we ever seen lethargies, or swoons, or syncopes last whole years together?
From The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. by Henry Christmas
It has long been used by the Chinese in cases of headaches, lethargies, convulsions, colics, &c.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
My lethargies have not dulled my delight in good books.
From The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol II. by Thomas Carlyle
Instances of parturition or delivery during sleep, lethargies, trances, and similar conditions are by no means uncommon.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
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