in a rut
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ServiceNow’s stock has been in a rut — so much so that it’s on track to post its largest quarterly decline on record.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026
While much of the U.S. housing market has been stuck in a rut, slowed by elevated mortgage rates and home prices near record highs, pockets of San Francisco are rebounding in a big way.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026
These variations in rainfall can largely be explained by a so-called blocked weather pattern which left our weather stuck in a rut for most of January and February.
From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026
He’s the kind of guy weighed down by an internal inertia, asleep while standing up, stuck in a rut.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025
A dozen times a day they had to stop to free a wheel that had stuck in a rut, or double up the teams to climb a muddy slope.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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