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We don’t get the full blow-by-blow of Diana’s strange engagement to a difficult and even cruelly neglectful Charles, played terrifically by Josh O’Connor, who is all doleful slumps and unseemly bouts of self-pity.

India’s banking system, which is reeling under a spate of corporate defaults, is facing a fresh wave of bad loans triggered by the Covid-19 slump.

From Quartz

The global pandemic and resulting slump in the two economies can be blamed for part of the shortfall.

From Fortune

Swedish furniture retailer IKEA’s online strategy helped it survive the Covid-19 slump in India.

From Quartz

The June jobs numbers also show the economic slump is still hitting some communities harder than others.

From Fortune

He then slumped to the floor, to the amazement of his audience, having departed this plane of earthly existence.

She slumped as their 18 year-old son, Eric Jr., escorted her up to the open coffin.

In the downstairs exhibit hall, attendees of all ages slumped on the white sofas like bleary-eyed rag dolls.

Then, the infamous “47 percent” video hits, and we cut to Romney slumped in a chair, holding his head in his hands.

Its stock has slumped over the past year, off by nearly one third.

Inside the Continental Exhibition Corporation one man was slumped over a desk, an automatic half-gripped in his inert hand.

But his action was just an instant too late, for the next moment, the old man slumped to the floor.

Belle Shaler slumped to the table, swung up on it, and lit a cigarette before she condescended to glance down at Flick.

In the candle-light, palely golden and swaying, Eric saw Suzanne slumped limply in John's arms.

Indeed his feeling slumped down through indifference to dislike.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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