slow-walked; slow-walking; slow-walks
: to delay or prevent the progress of (something) by acting in a deliberately slow manner
They can still slow-walk the confirmation process, though, stretching out the Senate's consideration for each Cabinet-level pick for days, which collectively could strangle business in the chamber for months.—
Tamar Hallerman
Tamar HallermanThe suit claims the university slow-walked a formal complaint filed last December, dragging out the internal investigation until some of the accused male swimmers graduated and could no longer be punished.—Thomas J. Prohaska
Thomas J. Prohaska
slow-walking
noun
The slow-walking of processing asylum claims, and the huge backlog of cases at ports of entry, are only adding to tensions in the region.
—Roberta Jacobson and Dan Restrepo
Roberta Jacobson and Dan Restrepo
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Mindell was castigated by legislative committees for slow-walking efforts to rein in bulk purchasing and the lottery's acceptance of third-party vendors brokering game tickets with smartphone apps, circumventing the state prohibition of using a telephone to play the lottery.
—John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 9 July 2025
Ironheart, though, has yet to be renewed, and the way that the series — which wrapped filming back in late 2022 — was slow-walked onto our screens has many leery of Marvel’s future plans for Riri & Co.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 3 July 2025
The slow-walking tactic points to difficult days ahead.
—Lisa Mascaro, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2025
The decision was something of a setback for the attorneys representing jail detainees, who complained that county lawyers have deliberately slow-walked the case.
—Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2025
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John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 9 July 2025
Ironheart, though, has yet to be renewed, and the way that the series — which wrapped filming back in late 2022 — was slow-walked onto our screens has many leery of Marvel’s future plans for Riri & Co.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 3 July 2025
The slow-walking tactic points to difficult days ahead.
—Lisa Mascaro, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2025
The decision was something of a setback for the attorneys representing jail detainees, who complained that county lawyers have deliberately slow-walked the case.
—Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2025
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“Slow-walk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slow-walk. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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