foot dragging

Example Sentences

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These twinned crises put the U.S. on its slow, foot-dragging path toward energy independence.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

The bureaucratic foot-dragging has to end so that America can do the same.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026

As the first of the dead were laid to rest Wednesday, Jewish Australians said they felt unsafe, angry and frustrated at perceived government foot-dragging in confronting antisemitism.

From Barron's • Dec. 17, 2025

Hernandez admonished the Corps for having “fought tooth and nail” against better measures for fish, foot-dragging that the judge said had pushed the fish closer to the edge of extinction.

From Salon • Nov. 2, 2023

Outraged by Morgan Stanley’s foot-dragging, Howie Hubler threatened to quit.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis