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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

To stop the slow march toward becoming basic, it’s time to reclaim exploration.

From Salon

Plummer was also handed a three-month sentence for her part in a slow march which caused long tailbacks in west London in November 2023 and in July, just five days after her guilty verdict, Plummer was arrested for spraying paint on departure boards at Heathrow Airport.

From BBC

Waving Palestinian flags and banners, the demonstrators rallied outside City Hall about 1 p.m. before beginning a slow march down Broadway chanting and carrying signs that said, “Stop the Genocide,” “Free the 2 Million Hostages in Gaza” and “Cease Fire Now.”

From Los Angeles Times

It’s a slow march paced by a loping bass line, gradually enfolding her solitary voice with harpsichord, flutes and a children’s choir as Gibbons finds a kind of peace with the realization, “All we have is here and now.”

From New York Times