snail's pace
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But more than six months after the announcement, the status quo remains undisturbed as the DNC’s Middle East Working Group proceeds at a snail’s pace.
From Salon ● Mar. 27, 2026
Not that this was snail's pace law-making, far from it.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2025
Disaster was averted thanks to a defense that stiffened and an offense that started moving the ball at something beyond a snail’s pace.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2024
The railway line, China’s flagship infrastructure project in the region, has been snarled by regulatory and other issues and progressed at a snail’s pace during five years of work.
From New York Times ● May 9, 2024
She nods just as the light changes, and within a few minutes, they’re creeping at a snail’s pace down a street lined with mostly boarded-up buildings.
From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone
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