slack
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He needs to repay the slack that allowed him a full Indian Premier League stint.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
Still, Wall Street seems to be willing to cut Warsh some slack as he tries to sort through things.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
After college he did not slack off, noted his biographer Christopher Simon Sykes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026
After a shock 0.1% annualized decline in first-quarter gross domestic product, Macklem said policymakers forecast growth to resume in the second quarter – although spare capacity, or slack, will persist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
As the stretcher was maneuvered into position alongside the bed, Briony’s fingers went slack, she had no control over them, and she brought up her left knee in time to catch the weight.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
The line became one of Tolkan’s most famous, and mega-fans would flock to Comic-Cons around the country to ask the star to call them a slacker, requests he typically obliged.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2026
That realisation manifests in the lovestruck slacker rock of Dragonfly, and the finger-plucked Neptune Baby, with its refrain, "I'm a boat, and you are the water".
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2025
It demonstrated the actor’s range, but Amos began to sour on the show as he felt the focus shifting to the low comic antics of Jimmie Walker as slacker son J.J.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2024
Some of the plot is just unnecessary padding, like Daniel’s girlfriend troubles and slacker mentality, spiking in an odd scene where he hysterically bemoans his own uselessness.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2024
McCandless wasn’t some feckless slacker, adrift and confused, racked by existential despair.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
The UK has the slackest regulation of all EU members; other member states are much more stringent in their approach.
From The Guardian ● May 24, 2013
It was the most abstract and highly changeable concert I’ve seen this group perform, and also the slackest: inspired on one level, frustrating on another.
From New York Times ● Feb. 10, 2011
In the weeks before Christmas, when retail sales are usually at their highest, retailers were cutting prices as though it were slackest of seasons.
From Time Magazine Archive
In any year it would have been a tasteful, artful job of the soft sell, but in this, television's slackest season, the Eastern Airlines commercial looked like a masterwork.
From Time Magazine Archive
Who now shall wear the cheerful face In times when things are slackest?
From An Anthology of Australian Verse by Stevens, Bertram
A styling group stores troves of neutral tone crew and V-neck sweaters, button-down shirts, slacks and extra pairs of the Silver Lining Opticians “Carbon” glasses at an off-site building, current and former employees said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
It offers refined classics such as sweaters, slacks and lounge wear through a direct-to-consumer online store.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
Eugene Levert, chain-smoking next to a stack of books while wearing a vertical blue-striped button-down and khaki slacks, looked the scholarly mirror of Doug Lamplugh, in a horizontal blue-striped polo and khaki shorts.
From Slate ● May 4, 2026
Newsom also juxtaposed a clip of Hegseth’s speech with a photo of Trump in a McDonald’s restaurant, the president’s stomach protruding over the belt line of his slacks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2025
My father didn’t shake his head the way Big Ma did when she saw a woman wearing slacks.
From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia
Much of the rest of the world, no doubt, slacked its collective jaw, and many American servicemen and servicewomen must have been ashamed.
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2025
If teammates slacked off in practice after partying late, he’d shoot them extra hard puck passes.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2024
Speaking to the press, he said: "I've given my heart and soul. I can't think there'll be too many cricket fans out there who would think I've slacked off for a moment."
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2023
It's not as if Eigenberg ever slacked off in maintaining his physique; he also plays a main role in "Chicago Fire."
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2023
When the wind slacked off, 1 could hear the coyotes howling.
From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson
I’ve heard it repeatedly from experts: The greatest risk of working out alone is bad form, leading to inefficient movement, slacking off and higher chance of injury.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 4, 2026
With her apartment a flood zone and her landlord slacking off on the maintenance, Linda and her daughter are forced to live at a nearby hotel.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2025
Due to a slowing economy and slacking advertising revenue, newsrooms have been slashed across the industry.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 15, 2023
Still, he has a dream to chase and he’s not going to catch it by slacking off.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2023
So when the coach would suggest that I was slacking off, I wouldn’t say much, I’d just get back on the strip and do my best.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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