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Over that first act, however, the film also resists much narrative or thematic momentum, unfolding in glimpses and vignettes meant to underscore inertia and to emphasize production design.—
Ben Croll,
IndieWire,
13 Feb. 2026 -
By inertia, some vestiges remain of the awful weeks in 2022 when enemy forces stood at the edge of Kyiv.—
Simon Shuster,
The Atlantic,
12 Feb. 2026
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At a time when Florida’s educator retention problem is harming students statewide, inaction is a choice that maintains a failing status quo.—
Andrew Spar,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 Feb. 2026
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But supporters of the bill, that passed committee on a party-line vote, say the cost of inaction is far greater.—
Shaun Boyd,
CBS News,
3 Feb. 2026
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At its core is a full suspension aluminum frame engineered for real off-road dominance.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
13 Feb. 2026
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The agency has not specified if the suspension of the police powers of Blanchette and Leslie are due to violations of its policies regarding pursuits and forcibly ending them.—
Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
13 Feb. 2026
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Or $158 million for gun violence prevention programs and $800 million to prevent violent crime, money the administration has held in abeyance.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Jan. 2026
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On the trade front, U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping met in Busan for a summit which saw tariffs trimmed, soybeans purchases promised, and rare earth controls put in abeyance for a year, with some sketchy deal details — tricks up the sleeves of the two economic giants?—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Motionlessness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motionlessness. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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