slowly
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What begins as an honest account of modern life’s bleak state is distorted alongside Berlant’s malleable expressions, slowly blossoming into something life-affirming, like a diamond among the rubble.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026
Most conventional plastics break down extremely slowly because microorganisms struggle to digest the synthetic polymers from which they are made.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
But with their capabilities supplemented by human teleoperators, Tau’s robots climbed with deliberate accuracy, albeit a little slowly.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
The first act, directed with cool precision by Ms. Kauffman, is terrific, as the tensions and frictions among the characters slowly build.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Everything was moving too fast and everything was going so slowly that I lived a whole lifetime in that moment.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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