inaction
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inactions
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The king’s radical passivity undermines the kingdom just as the inaction and indeterminacy of his story subvert the premise of historical re-enactment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
"It is a present reality... and the costs of inaction are rising," he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
When Harris suggested that even inaction by Congress could have a preemptive effect on state court proceedings, Gorsuch reacted with mild disbelief.
From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2026
The arrest of a suspect followed weeks of what Spivey and residents in Jackson described as relative silence and inaction from local officials.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
I mean, they do say our every action and inaction is related to some primordial fight or flight hardwiring....
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
But I definitely don’t trust the people running AI and each day their actions — and inactions — become more terrifying.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
After Helene, she was among the few voices in North Carolina criticizing the lack of evacuations and other inactions ahead of the storm.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2025
“After decades of inactions, it’s time to reevaluate our basic approach,” Mr. Chabot told “The Washington Brief,” a monthly virtual event series hosted by The Washington Times Foundation.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 6, 2022
"This will be a complicated action because it is challenging not only individual cases but the whole policy background, actions and inactions of the Home Office."
From BBC ● May 3, 2022
The actions or inactions of one solitary soul cannot bring the end of life, only the accumulation of the wrongs and injustices of a whole race, the human race.
From The Revolutions of Time by Jonathan Dunn
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