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

If they are, they are doing it at a snail's pace.

From BBC • Sep. 6, 2025

Five days after beating Arizona on its home court, USC was outplaying the Wildcats again with sticky defense and a snail’s pace that favored the Trojans.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2024

That means the economy is not in a technical recession, though it’s expanding at a snail’s pace.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 10, 2024

While human evolution was crawling at its usual snail’s pace, the human imagination was building astounding networks of mass cooperation, unlike any other ever seen on earth.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari