slowed

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Card spending per household slowed sharply across most categories, outside of gasoline, in the week ending May 2, Bank of America found.

From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026

Attorneys on both sides played and replayed the footage over and over, sometimes slowed down to the millisecond in order to show how Jones and his colleagues had approached the incident.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

The narrow roads that run between tightly packed buildings in Hay el Sellom slowed rescue efforts.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

The company said that growth was “tempered by greater-than-expected headwinds from our age-check roll out, which restricted on-platform communication for non-age checked users, diluted communication for age-checked users, and slowed new user acquisition.”

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

Eight, nine, then ten years and he slowed.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen