phlegmatic
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Last week’s local elections came as close as the phlegmatic Brits come to delivering a revolutionary message.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
The fact that credit markets had been at record-tight levels running into the Iranian war heightens the vulnerability of credit markets, although Bergeron did acknowledge the market reaction thus far has been phlegmatic.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026
"I just think, you've got to sometimes credit the opposition," said a phlegmatic captain Jos Buttler.
From BBC • Feb. 22, 2025
Under his guidance, the British people came to see themselves as the phlegmatic and resolute defenders of their island home, the latest in a great line of underdog warriors.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 8, 2024
They are anything but a phlegmatic people, yet they are obdurate, they are pertinacious, they finish plastering joints.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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