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slow march

British  

noun

  1. military a march in slow time

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Bitcoin has been in the doldrums for months, with its fall back from highs above $100,000 in late 2025 accelerating since January and prices languishing around $60,000 until a slow march higher through April.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

Wilson also voiced his displeasure at Lululemon’s expansion into new non-workout categories, posting about his “sadness for lululemon’s slow march to becoming The Gap with cheap acrylic sweaters.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 29, 2025

As if guns were the horror in the film and not the image of astronauts cresting the subdivision hill, their slow march to Elliott's house backlit by the setting sun.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2022

What better way to illustrate that slow march than with smartphone photos?

From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2021

It was a slow march and as I looked back from time to time I could see young zoot-suiters, hep cats, and men in overalls and pool-hall gamblers stepping into the procession.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

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