inaction
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Inaction on behalf of your husband is an action.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026
Inaction only emboldens the Truman’s enemies, which in this case include gravity and potentially an octopus, and encourages further mischief.
From Slate • May 8, 2025
"We cannot stand by and allow these attacks to go unchallenged. Inaction is also a choice."
From BBC • Jan. 23, 2024
Inaction on several smaller bipartisan measures resulted in part from the reluctance of party leaders, particularly in the Senate, to devote days of valuable floor time to them amid a crush of other pressing matters.
From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2022
Inaction is not always what it seems, And Custer's mind with plan and project teems.
From Custer, and Other Poems. by Wilcox, Ella Wheeler
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