tepid

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Before Ohtani took batting practice, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts took questions about his biggest star’s tepid start and said he wasn’t worried.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

As evidence, the Treasury market just logged its worst share of tepid auctions in a month in nearly three-and-a-half years.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

Cracks in the labor market and a pullback in government funding for a consumer trade-in program suggest that willingness to spend will remain tepid.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

The company’s shares slipped yet again in February as Gartner provided a tepid outlook for 2026 and posted quarterly earnings that failed to impress Wall Street.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

I find bathwater waiting for me, but it has gone tepid.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black