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We graduated into the Great Recession, burdened with debt and rewarded with stagnant wages, and endured the slowest economic growth faced by any generation in US history.
WHAT GIVING BIRTH DURING A PANDEMIC TAUGHT ME ABOUT PROGRESSKATIE MCLEANFEBRUARY 24, 2021MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
Starting in the 1990s, states sought to replicate the tribal model, gradually enabling nonreservation casinos to promote stagnant economies.
SPORTS GAMBLING COULD BE THE PANDEMIC’S BIGGEST WINNERJONATHAN D. COHENFEBRUARY 5, 2021WASHINGTON POST
Another issue will be staffing, which has suffered in recent years from stagnant funding and a hiring freeze.
ALL A GIG-ECONOMY PIONEER HAD TO DO WAS “POLITELY DISAGREE” IT WAS VIOLATING FEDERAL LAW AND THE LABOR DEPARTMENT WALKED AWAYBY KEN ARMSTRONG, JUSTIN ELLIOTT AND ARIANA TOBINJANUARY 22, 2021PROPUBLICA
That means that some stagnant lid planets could create an atmosphere and even have temperate climates with liquid water, at least for a time.
HOW THE EARTH-SHAKING THEORY OF PLATE TECTONICS WAS BORNCAROLYN GRAMLINGJANUARY 13, 2021SCIENCE NEWS
Baker points out that this means workers may have to take in stagnant air that has been breathed in by people from multiple different households, upping their risk of catching a virus that may be floating around.
WHEN IT COMES TO COVID-19 RISK, WHAT COUNTS AS ‘OUTDOOR’ DINING?SARA KILEY WATSONJANUARY 11, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCE
But he forgot the stagnant town, the bald-headed man at the club window, the organ and "The Manola."
BELLA DONNAROBERT HICHENS
A germ flies from a stagnant pool, and the laughing child, its mother's darling, dies dreadfully of diphtheria.
GOD AND MY NEIGHBOURROBERT BLATCHFORD
He was a refuge from herself; in his imperious demands her memory slept, her depths were stagnant.
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTON
A stagnant pool among some reeds caught the reflection of the sunset and changed on the instant into raw gold.
UNCANNY TALESVARIOUS
It was low and flat, and was traversed by broad ditches, generally full of stagnant water.
THE PORTSMOUTH ROAD AND ITS TRIBUTARIESCHARLES G. HARPER
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WORDS RELATED TO STAGNANT

  • damp
  • fetid
  • frowsty
  • malodorous
  • mildewy
  • musty
  • rank
  • stagnant
  • stale
  • stinky
  • stuffy
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