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Individuals experiencing more severe infections may experience high fever, aches, headaches, lethargy, rashes, and blood in urine.—
Matthew Robinson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 July 2025 -
At its best, though, White Zombie turns its lethargy into something akin to a surreal dream whose nightmarish qualities are slow but undeniable and inescapable.—
James Grebey,
Time,
20 June 2025
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With plenty of chatter surrounding her tardiness, the Fugees legend set the record straight with a lengthy statement clearing the air on Tuesday (July 8).—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
9 July 2025
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McDaniel’s job could very well come down to shifting the culture for a team that accepted tardiness to meetings last year.—
David Furones,
Sun Sentinel,
8 July 2025
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The private and personalized nature of AI use makes its mental health impact difficult to track, but the evidence of potential harms is mounting, from professional apathy to attachments to new forms of delusion.—
Parmy Olson,
Mercury News,
12 July 2025
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Forcing them into the family business can breed resentment or apathy—neither of which serves your company or your family.—
Anatoly Iofe,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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Another is that cultural and societal inertia tends to spell slow adoption.—
Eric Siegel,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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At an organizational level, the prevailing culture can also entrench certain paths, sidelining new ideas, and leading to institutional inertia.—
François Candelon,
Fortune,
11 July 2025
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As something of a companion piece to More, Jacques Deray’s summer thriller La Piscine is a far more dramatic and insidious tale of tropical desire, lassitude, and violence.—
Erik Morse,
Vogue,
26 June 2025
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The result of this lassitude is that cars still rule the streets.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Sluggishness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sluggishness. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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