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slow march

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noun

  1. military a march in slow time

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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

The overly literal, shapeless nature of the storytelling takes its toll in the latter half of the series, which flattens out into a long, slow march to a foregone conclusion.

From New York Times • Dec. 1, 2022

To a casual visitor, the 56-floor Two Union Square building looks well ahead of the pack in downtown Seattle’s slow march back to the office.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 9, 2022

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

I found Jill, and we walked with a huge group of kids, making our slow march to Jerry’s.

From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds