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Tweet us a question or commentAfter a surprisingly sluggish weekend for polling, the floodgates have opened, with a mix of high-quality polls, low-quality polls and pretty much everything in between.
We Have A Lot Of New Polls, But There’s Little Sign Of The Presidential Race Tightening|Nate Silver (nrsilver@fivethirtyeight.com)|October 28, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
Mail-in voting has been relatively sluggish in West Virginia so far, but in-person turnout appeared strong throughout the day in the Mountain State’s population hubs.
West Virginia voters bustle to the polls on the first day of in-person early voting|Derek Hawkins, Molly Born|October 21, 2020|Washington Post
Wood believes Polkadot is a superior alternative to Ethereum that avoids the latter’s sluggish processing times, while offering an easy way to connect to other blockchains.
The blockchain industry faces a moment of truth as high-profile projects go live|Jeff|October 21, 2020|Fortune
This scarcity of food tends to make organisms evolve small, efficient forms, making many low-living sharks relatively sluggish and slight.
Could an ancient megashark still lurk in the deep seas?|By Riley Black|October 15, 2020|Popular-Science

Given the sluggish pace of phone sales over the past few years, the arrival of a next-generation iPhone has been expected to trigger a robust upgrade cycle.
Here’s how to get a free Apple 5G iPhone|Verne Kopytoff|October 13, 2020|Fortune
Firstly, the economy, which continues to recover sluggishly.
Romney Just Birthed More Obama Support With Awkward Joke|David Frum|August 24, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The very stream that went through it flowed sluggishly along, and as if it hadn't any particular object in life.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
The canoe rose a little and rolled over sluggishly, two-thirds full of water.
The Rival Campers|Ruel Perley Smith
The charge had passed through his chest, and the blood was trickling forth sluggishly.
Menotah|Ernest G. Henham
The yacht hung upon the waves sluggishly, so close in upon the reefs that the spray, dashing over, wetted the boys aboard.
The Rival Campers Afloat|Ruel Perley Smith
They were turning out from the public-house below when at last I rose sluggishly and began to prepare for bed.
In Accordance with the Evidence|Oliver Onions

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sluggish

/ (ˈslʌɡɪʃ) /

adjective

lacking energy; inactive; slow-moving

functioning at below normal rate or level

exhibiting poor response to stimulation

Derived forms of sluggish

sluggishly, adverbsluggishness, noun

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