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will languish

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The U.S. has pledged to try to complete cases within 180 days, a response to Mexico’s concerns that applicants will languish in a court system that is backlogged with 1.5 million cases.

From Seattle Times Dec. 8, 2021

Indeed, policymakers argue that inflation will languish well below the bank’s target for years to come, so they even reinforced their commitment last month to keeping monetary policy exceptionally loose to generate price pressures.

From Reuters Aug. 31, 2021

They also worry that research will languish without money and personal freedoms, and because educated people will flee.

From Scientific American Aug. 30, 2021

Otherwise, millions of doses will languish in storage while Americans are dying and the country remains partially shut down.

From New York Times Feb. 17, 2021

The land is dark, the night is late: O, but the heart in my side is ill, And the nightingale will languish for its mate.

From Poems — Volume 1 by Meredith, George